title: Note: binding energy scale calibration of electron spectrometers for photoelectron spectroscopy using a single sample.
abstract: The feasibility of calibrating the binding energy scale for photoelectron spectroscopy using a single sample without sputter cleaning was investigated. By measuring the Fermi level of a Au film with both monochromatic Al Kα (hν = 1486.7 eV) and He Iα (hν = 21.22 eV), the binding energy scale was simply and accurately calibrated. This method is found to yield binding energy values for the Cu 2p(3/2), Ag 3d(5/2), and Au 4f(7/2) peaks that agree with the standard tabulated values defined in International Organization for Standardization 15472 to within ±0.02 eV.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, 184 College St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3E4. michael.helander@utoronto.ca
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Helander
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Greiner
authors.forename: Z B
authors.initials: ZB
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Z H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Lu