“…In XPS spectra for Cr 2p, four chemical compounds were found: Cr 2 O 3 , Cr 7 C 3 , CrO 3 and Cr(C 6 H 6 ) 2, as shown in Figures 5a, 6a, 7a, 8a, 9a, 10a and 11a. According to the literature [88][89][90], the Cr 2 O 3 presence corresponding to the passive layer composition can be found from 576 to 578 eV; the obtained binding energy peaks ranged from 576.69 to 577.07 eV, according to the values reported for the chromium oxide layers. Finally, Figures 5a', 6a', 7a', 8a', 9a', 10a' and 11a' summarize the parameters obtained from full width at half maximum (FWHM) fitting, area ratio, and the peak binding energy, respectively.…”