Core level spectra in XPS of pristine and doped graphene

Abstract

Spectra of the C1s core hole, created in XPS and screened by electronic excitations in pristine and doped graphene, are calculated and discussed. We find that singular effects in the lineshapes are not possible in the pristine graphene, and their observation should be connected with the doping. However, the structure of the low energy excitation spectrum in the region where the singular behaviour is expected leads to asymmetries in the core hole lineshapes in pristine graphene similar to those in doped graphene. This makes the analysis more complex than in the case of metals and may lead to incorrect or incomplete interpretation of experimental results.