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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume 25, Issue 22, Pages 15173-15182Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d3cp01284k
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We report the photoelectron spectra of SiO2 nanoparticles and analyze the relationship between the photoelectron yield and photon energy. The inelastic mean-free path and mean escape depth of photoelectrons in the nanoparticle samples are quantified using Monte-Carlo simulations on electron transport. The influence of nanoparticle geometry and electron elastic scattering on photoelectron yields is discussed.
We report on photoelectron spectra of SiO2 nanoparticles (d = 157 +/- 6 nm) above the Si 2p threshold in the photon energy range 118-248 eV with electron kinetic energy 10-140 eV and analyze the photoelectron yield as a function of photon energy. Comparison of the experimental results with Monte-Carlo simulations on electron transport allows us to quantify the inelastic mean-free path and mean escape depth of photoelectrons in the nanoparticle samples. The influence of the nanoparticle geometry and electron elastic scattering on photoelectron yields is highlighted. The results show that the previously proposed direct proportionality of the photoelectron signal to the inelastic mean-free path or the mean escape depth does not hold for photoelectron kinetic energies below 30 eV due to the strong influence of electron elastic scattering. The present results deviate for photoelectron kinetic energies below 30 eV from the previously proposed direct proportionality of the photoelectron signal to the inelastic mean-free path or the mean escape depth, which is the result of a strong influence of electron elastic scattering. The presented inelastic mean-free paths and mean escape depths appear to be useful for the quantitative interpretation of photoemission experiments on nanoparticles and for modeling of the experimental results.
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