XPS Workshop 2025
Goal
The workshop mainly aims at researchers who (plan to) include X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy as characterization method in their studies.
You will learn about the fundamentals, the potential and the restrictions of the method.
The main goal of the workshop is to improve your skills in planning your XPS measurements and in peak fitting / interpreting the measured spectra.
Schedule
The workshop will start on 10th November. Lectures and seminars will be held online (with Thomas Diemant and Anass Benayad) but you will also perform an XPS measurement in groups of two. These measurements can either be done at the IAM-ESS with Vanessa Trouillet for researchers from Karlsruhe or at the HIU with Thomas Diemant for researchers from Ulm. Individual appointments will be made for this with the groups.
| Session | Format | Date |
|---|---|---|
| XPS basics and fundamental principles | Online lecture | 10th Nov, 09:00 (ca 2h) |
| Solve work sheet | Individually | Until 13th Nov |
| XPS demo measurements | In the lab | 11th to 14th Nov, (ca 1h per group) |
| Discussion of work sheet | Online seminar | 17th Nov, 09:00 (ca 2h) |
| XPS in battery research | Online lecture | 17th Nov, 11:00 (ca 2h) |
| New perspectives for XPS and beyond (HAXPES, NAP-XPS, etc) | Online lecture | 17th Nov, 14:30 (ca 1h) |
| Q&A session | Online seminar | 17th Nov, 15:30 (ca 1h) |
| Introduction to peak fitting | Online lecture | 18th Nov, 09:00 (ca 2h) |
| Exercise in peak fitting | Individually | 18th Nov, (ca 4h) |
| Discussion/interpretation of peak fitting results | Online seminar | 19th Nov, 13:00 (ca 2h) |
| Conclusion | Online Seminar | 19th Nov, 13:00 (ca 1h) |
Registration
The workshop is open for GS-EES, CELEST and HIU members and guests of DESTINY.
GS-EES members will gain 1 CP within „Scientific Training”.
The number of participants for the XPS measurements (mandatory for gaining GS-EES CPs) is restricted to 12 in Karlsruhe and 12 in Ulm.
There are no restrictions for the number of participants in the online lectures.
Please register online until 19th October 2025.
Laila Tkotz, KIT
Locations for XPS measurements
Karlsruhe
IAM-ESS
Ulm
Helmholtz Institute Ulm
Helmholtzstraße 11
89081 Ulm