Fig. 2. Structural characterization of the synthesized W-ACs.
a Schematic illustration of the in-situ variable-temperature NAP-XPS measurements at H2 atmosphere (0.1 mbar), where O, C, P and W atoms are represented by red, gray, pink, and blue spheres, respectively. b W 4 f core-level XPS spectra for tungsten species treated at temperature ranging from 400 to 600 °C. c XPS valence band spectra of various tungsten species and the reference samples of W foil and Pt (111). d FT-EXAFS spectra at the W L3-edge of W-SAs, W-ACs, WC NPs, and W foil. Typical atomic models of (e) W-SAs, f W-ACs. g WC NPs. W (blue), C (gray), and P (pink).