The Utility of Adventitious Carbon for Charge Correction: A Perspective From a Second Multiuser Facility

Abstract

In relation to debates in the recent literature on the utility and robustness of adventitious carbon for charge correction of X-ray photoelectron spectra, the present work explores its application using 5 years' worth of data collected by the author. The data overwhelmingly show that regardless of spectrometer or charge compensation method, and but for a few exceptions where a secondary reference is preferrable, a C 1s value of 284.8 eV is suitable for electronically isolated samples.