“…The line shape and energy location of the Fe 2p peaks in our XPS spectra for in-situ cleaved surfaces are very similar to those measured in in-situ grown or Ar-sputtered surfaces of FeSe films [34,[36][37][38][39][40]. Peaks in the ex-situ cleaved sample are in contrast more rounded, as observed in data for ex-situ grown FeSe films [33,34,36,38]. In the latter case the Fe 2p 3/2 peak is generally detected around 710 eV, the energy expected for the Fe 2 O 3 oxide [33,34,36].…”