HAXPES studies of solid materials for applications in energy and information technology using the HIKE facility at HZB-BESSY II

In the present work we review a number of research directions addressed at the HIKE end-station at the BESSY II storage ring at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, HZB, using hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (HAXPES). The emphasis of this review is on the specific properties of the technique, which are required in order to address different scientific questions at the HIKE beamline.