Table 2.

Details of peak identification in XPS spectra from Figure 4.

XPS Spectrum	Peak Position [eV]	Identification	Reference Data [eV]
Ti 2p3/2	454.9	TiC	455.05 [61], 455.0 [62]
Ti 2p1/2	461.1	TiC	461.3 [61], 461.0 [62]
Zr 3d5/2	179.3	ZrC	179.1 [61], 179.6 [63]
	181.65	ZrC	181.5 [61]
Mo 3d3/2	231.57	MoC	231.4–232.1 [64,65,66]
Mo 3d5/2	228.4	MoC	228.2–228.8 [64,65,66]
C 1s	282.2	TiC	281.9 [67], 282.2 [68]
C 1s	284.6	C-C	284.5 [68], 284.6 [67]