Sep 15, 2018
Ce Substitution and Reduction Annealing Effects on Electronic States in Pr2-xCexCuO4 Studied by Cu K-edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
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- Volume
- 87
- Number
- 9
- Language
- English
- Publishing type
- Research paper (scientific journal)
- DOI
- 10.7566/JPSJ.87.094710
- Publisher
- PHYSICAL SOC JAPAN
We investigated the Ce substitution and reduction annealing effects on the electronic states at copper sites by Cu K-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure measurements in Pr2-xCexCuO4+alpha-delta (PCCO) with varying x and S (amount of oxygen loss during annealing). Absorption near-edge spectra were modified by Ce substitution and reduction annealing similarly with increasing x and delta. Considering electron doping by Ce substitution, this similarity indicates an increase in electron number at the copper sites due to annealing (n(AN)). Thus, the total number of electrons is determined by the amount of Ce and O ions. Furthermore, quantitative analyses of the spectra clarified that the number of Cu+ sites, corresponding to the induced electron number by Ce substitution (n(Ce)) increases linearly with x in the as-sintered PCCO (delta = 0), whereas n(AN) is not exactly equal to 2 delta, which is expected from charge neutrality. For each x-fixed sample, n(AN) tends to exceed 2 delta with increasing delta, suggesting the emergence of two types of carrier due to annealing.
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- DOI : 10.7566/JPSJ.87.094710
- ISSN : 0031-9015
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000443506500028