Evolution of electronic structure across the rare-earth RNiO3 series
Abstract
Here, the perovksite rare-earth nickelates, RNiO3 (R = La… Lu), are a class of materials displaying a rich phase-diagram of metallic and insulating phases associated with charge and magnetic order. Being in the charge transfer regime, Ni3+ in octahedral coordination displays a strong hybridization with oxygen to form 3d-2p mixed states, which results in a strong admixture of 3d8L_ into 3d7, where L_ denotes a hole on the oxygen. To understand the nature of this strongly hybridized ground state, we present a detailed study of the Ni and O electronic structure using high-resolution soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). Through a comparison of the evolution of the XAS line-shape at Ni L- and O K-edges across the phase diagram, we explore the changes in the electronic signatures in connection with the insulating and metallic phases that support the idea of hybridization playing a fundamental role.
- Authors:
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- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- Argonne National Laboratory - Advanced Photon Source; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1360222
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1247221
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357; GBMF4534; 0402-17291
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 208; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0368-2048
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; complex oxides; X-ray absoprtion spectroscopy; nickelates; metal to insulation transition
Citation Formats
Freeland, John W., van Veenendaal, Michel, and Chakhalian, Jak. Evolution of electronic structure across the rare-earth RNiO3 series. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.elspec.2015.07.006.
Freeland, John W., van Veenendaal, Michel, & Chakhalian, Jak. Evolution of electronic structure across the rare-earth RNiO3 series. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elspec.2015.07.006
Freeland, John W., van Veenendaal, Michel, and Chakhalian, Jak. Fri .
"Evolution of electronic structure across the rare-earth RNiO3 series". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elspec.2015.07.006. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1360222.
@article{osti_1360222,
title = {Evolution of electronic structure across the rare-earth RNiO3 series},
author = {Freeland, John W. and van Veenendaal, Michel and Chakhalian, Jak},
abstractNote = {Here, the perovksite rare-earth nickelates, RNiO3 (R = La… Lu), are a class of materials displaying a rich phase-diagram of metallic and insulating phases associated with charge and magnetic order. Being in the charge transfer regime, Ni3+ in octahedral coordination displays a strong hybridization with oxygen to form 3d-2p mixed states, which results in a strong admixture of 3d8L_ into 3d7, where L_ denotes a hole on the oxygen. To understand the nature of this strongly hybridized ground state, we present a detailed study of the Ni and O electronic structure using high-resolution soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). Through a comparison of the evolution of the XAS line-shape at Ni L- and O K-edges across the phase diagram, we explore the changes in the electronic signatures in connection with the insulating and metallic phases that support the idea of hybridization playing a fundamental role.},
doi = {10.1016/j.elspec.2015.07.006},
journal = {Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena},
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jul 31 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Fri Jul 31 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
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