XPS study of some selected selenium compounds

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) of the Se 3d peak for Se in Se, SeO2, As2Se3, ZnSe, CdSe, CoSe, FeSe, CrSe, VSe2 and TiSe were studied. It was found that, firstly, in the case of As2Se3, ZnSe, CdSe, CoSe and CrSe, as the change in electronegativity of the anion increases, the change in the binding energy value of the Se 3d peak also increases and, secondly, in all of the Se compounds studied, the Se-Se bond in pure Se is stronger than the Se-x bond, where x = As, Zn, Cd, Co, Fe, Cr, V and Ti.