Effect of oxygen content on transport and magnetic properties of PrBaCo{sub 2}O{sub 5.50+δ}
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871 (China)
- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871 (China)
Samples of PrBaCo{sub 2}O{sub 5.50+δ} (δ = −0.15–0.14), synthesized by solid-state reactions, were investigated to ascertain oxygen compositional effects on transport/magnetic properties. Resistivity decreases with increasing oxygen content, indicative of p-type conduction. A metal-insulator transition was observed at 330 K only for sample PrBaCo{sub 2}O{sub 5.52}, coinciding with phase transition and spin-state transition of Co{sup 3+}. When δ deviates from zero, samples show insulator–insulator transitions, although for sample δ = 0.14, no transition occurs but only semi-conductive behavior appears. Electronic transport is governed by the hopping mechanism at lower temperatures and thermal activation at higher temperatures. All samples underwent paramagnetic–ferromagnetic–antiferromagnetic transitions, except PrBaCo{sub 2}O{sub 5.64}, which only went through a paramagnetic–ferromagnetic transition. The ferromagnetic state for δ < 0 originates with the Co{sup 3+}/Co{sup 2+} super-exchange interaction; for δ > 0, it stems from the Co{sup 3+}/Co{sup 4+} double exchange interaction.
- OSTI ID:
- 22475760
- Journal Information:
- Materials Research Bulletin, Vol. 65; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2015 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0025-5408
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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