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ERIC Number: EJ1458682
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Mar
Pages: 9
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0021-9584
EISSN: EISSN-1938-1328
Analysis of Si, Cu, and Their Oxides by X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Jiachen Li; Guanzhou Zhu; Peng Liang; Hongjie Dai
Journal of Chemical Education, v101 n3 p1162-1170 2024
An integrated laboratory experience in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is designed for undergraduate and graduate students in chemistry, materials science, and other related fields. Focusing on ubiquitous Si, Cu, and their common oxides, students are guided to characterize a series of standard materials by XPS to understand the fundamentals of this technique and practice spectral line identification and peak fitting skills. With synthesized SiO[subscript x] and CuO[subscript x] as the XPS samples, students are trained on the qualitative component identification strategies, and further, an optimized method for the quantitative analysis of Cu/CuO[subscript x] components based on XPS peak deconvolution is introduced. This educational laboratory, which has been successfully implemented as part of a laboratory class at Stanford University, aims to equip students with insightful understandings of the XPS technique as well as practical operation skills on the synthesis of nanomaterials, XPS characterizations, and corresponding data analysis methodologies.
Division of Chemical Education, Inc. and ACS Publications Division of the American Chemical Society. 1155 Sixteenth Street NW, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 800-227-5558; Tel: 202-872-4600; e-mail: eic@jce.acs.org; Web site: http://pubs.acs.org/jchemeduc
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: California
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A