“…The C 1s XPS (Figure 6(c)) spectrum of MIL-100 (Cr) before irradiation could be deconvoluted into four peaks at binding energies of 284.8 eV, 286.2 eV, 288.5 eV, and 290.6 eV, which were attributed to C−C/C−H, C−O, C�O, and O�C�O/π−π, respectively. 43 Apparently, the peaks ascribed to O�C�O/π−π and C−O positively shift to the binding energy of 291.6 and 286.3 eV, implying the decrease of electron density of the carboxyl groups. 44 The O 1s spectrum of MIL-100 (Cr) (Figure 6(d)) could be deconvoluted into three peaks at 531.9 eV, 534.2 eV, and 536.1 eV, which were ascribed to Cr−O−Cr, Cr−O−,C and O�C�O, respectively.…”