Distorted chain sites for Co- and Fe-substituted YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7/minus/delta/
We present x-ray-absorption fine-structure (XAFS) measurements for a series of Co- and Fe-substituted samples of YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7/minus/delta/(Y-Ba-Cu-O). Our analysis of the first- and second-neighbor environments indicates that the Co atoms primarily replace the Cu in the chain sites, the Cu(1) atoms, in Y-Ba-Cu-O, but many of these Co(1) sites and their neighboring oxygen sites are highly distorted. The first-neighbor Co-O peak consists of /similar to/3.5 oxygen at 1.8 A and /similar to/1.3 oxygen at 2.4 A, while the second-neighbor multipeak in the XAFS data is unexpectedly low in amplitude. Structure in this peak is inconsistent with a simple Gaussian broadening and indicates that several Co(1)-Ba distances exist. We propose an aggregation of the Co atoms into distorted, zigzag chains along the <110> directions, with some of the Co displaced off center by /similar to/0.4 A along a perpendicular <110> direction. This model is consistent with the second-neighbor XAFS data, provides an explanation for the tetragonal structure via twinning on a microscopic scale, and accommodates excess oxygen within the Co chains. The Fe data suggest that similar chains also exist in the Fe-substituted samples. There are, however, some differences between the local environments of the Fe and Co. The primary difference is that a small but significant number of Fe atoms occupy the Cu(2) plane sites while no appreciable number of Co atoms are found on the Cu(2) sites in the more dilute samples. Finally, near-edge measurements on the Co and Fe /ital K/-absorption edges indicate that the valence is primarily +3, but a mixture of valences exists. For Co the edge position corresponds to a mixture of +2 and +3 valences, while Fe exists in a mixture of +2, +3, and +4 states.
- Research Organization:
- Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064(US); Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, California 94304; Physics Department, Chalmers University of Technology, S-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden; Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305; Bell Communications Research Laboratory, Red Bank, New Jersey 07701
- OSTI ID:
- 6258124
- Journal Information:
- Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States), Vol. 39:16
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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