World Scientific Publishing, Surface Review and Letters, 01(09), p. 375-380
DOI: 10.1142/s0218625x02002518
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WO 3 thin film surface chemical composition has been studied by means of high resolution soft X-ray photoemission spectroscopy. Valence band and W 4f core levels have been analyzed on different sample positions and high lateral resolution images have been acquired. The valence band spectra have shown for the first time a marked increase of the W 5d density of state at the Fermi level, indicating the presence of metallic tungsten on the surface. This has been confirmed by the W 4f signal, which presents both metallic and oxidized phases. For the first time, spectromicroscopy on core states has clearly evidenced the presence of nonstoichiometric areas and a spatial localization of W 4+ states on the surface.