Synchrotron-based ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of hydrogen and helium
Abstract
Contrary to popular belief, it is possible to obtain X-ray photoelectron spectra for elements lighter than lithium, namely hydrogen and helium. The literature is plagued with claims of this impossibility, which holds true for lab-based X-ray sources. However, this limitation is merely technical and is related mostly to the low X-ray photoionization cross-sections of the 1s orbitals of hydrogen and helium. Here, we show that, using ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), a bright-enough X-ray source allows the study of these elusive elements. This has important implications in the understanding of the limitations of one of the most useful techniques in materials science, and moreover, it potentially opens the possibility of using XPS to directly study the most abundant element in the universe.
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- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN); Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
- North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
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- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Integrated Mesoscale Architectures for Sustainable Catalysis (IMASC)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1430858
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1423385
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-203379-2018-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951; TRN: US1802506
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012704; SC0012573; AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Applied Physics Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 112; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Spectroscopy; Condensed matter properties; X-ray spectroscopy; Chemical analysis; Surface collisions; Photoionization; Optical sources; Materials analysis; Physical optics; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
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Zhong, Jian-Qiang, Wang, Mengen, Hoffmann, William H., van Spronsen, Matthijs A., Lu, Deyu, and Boscoboinik, J. Anibal. Synchrotron-based ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of hydrogen and helium. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.5022479.
Zhong, Jian-Qiang, Wang, Mengen, Hoffmann, William H., van Spronsen, Matthijs A., Lu, Deyu, & Boscoboinik, J. Anibal. Synchrotron-based ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of hydrogen and helium. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5022479
Zhong, Jian-Qiang, Wang, Mengen, Hoffmann, William H., van Spronsen, Matthijs A., Lu, Deyu, and Boscoboinik, J. Anibal. Thu .
"Synchrotron-based ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of hydrogen and helium". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5022479. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1430858.
@article{osti_1430858,
title = {Synchrotron-based ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of hydrogen and helium},
author = {Zhong, Jian-Qiang and Wang, Mengen and Hoffmann, William H. and van Spronsen, Matthijs A. and Lu, Deyu and Boscoboinik, J. Anibal},
abstractNote = {Contrary to popular belief, it is possible to obtain X-ray photoelectron spectra for elements lighter than lithium, namely hydrogen and helium. The literature is plagued with claims of this impossibility, which holds true for lab-based X-ray sources. However, this limitation is merely technical and is related mostly to the low X-ray photoionization cross-sections of the 1s orbitals of hydrogen and helium. Here, we show that, using ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), a bright-enough X-ray source allows the study of these elusive elements. This has important implications in the understanding of the limitations of one of the most useful techniques in materials science, and moreover, it potentially opens the possibility of using XPS to directly study the most abundant element in the universe.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5022479},
journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
number = 9,
volume = 112,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}
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