Kalha, C;
Ratcliff, LE;
Moreno, JJG;
Mohr, S;
Mantsinen, M;
Fernando, NK;
Thakur, PK;
... Regoutz, A; + view all
(2022)
Lifetime effects and satellites in the photoelectron spectrum of tungsten metal.
Physical Review B
, 105
(4)
, Article 045129. 10.1103/PhysRevB.105.045129.
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Abstract
Tungsten is an important and versatile transition metal and has a firm place at the heart of many technologies. A popular experimental technique for the characterisation of tungsten and tungsten-based compounds is X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), which enables the assessment of chemical states and electronic structure through the collection of core level and valence band spectra. However, in the case of metallic tungsten, open questions remain regarding the origin, nature, and position of satellite features that are prominent in the photoelectron spectrum. These satellites are a fingerprint of the electronic structure of the material and have not been thoroughly investigated, at times leading to their misinterpretation. The present work combines high-resolution soft and hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (SXPS and HAXPES) with reflection electron energy loss spectroscopy (REELS) and a multi-tiered ab-initio theoretical approach, including density functional theory (DFT) and many-body perturbation theory (G0W0 and GW+C), to disentangle the complex set of experimentally observed satellite features attributed to the generation of plasmons and interband transitions. This combined experiment-theory strategy is able to uncover previously undocumented satellite features, improving our understanding of their direct relationship to tungsten's electronic structure. Furthermore, it lays the groundwork for future studies into tungsten based mixed-metal systems and holds promise for the re-assessment of the photoelectron spectra of other transition and post-transition metals, where similar questions regarding satellite features remain.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Lifetime effects and satellites in the photoelectron spectrum of tungsten metal |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevB.105.045129 |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.105.045129 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This is the published version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Chemistry |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10135134 |
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