Probing LaMO3 Metal and Oxygen Partial Density of States Using X-ray Emission, Absorption, and Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Abstract
We examined the electronic structure in LaMO3 perovskite oxides (M = Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni) by combining information from X-ray emission, absorption, and photoelectron spectroscopy. Through first-principles density functional theory simulations, we identified complementary hybridization features present in the transition metal and oxygen X-ray emission spectra. We then developed a method for the self-consistent alignment of the emission data onto a common energy scale using these features, providing a valuable supplementary technique to photoelectron spectroscopy for studying the partial density of states in perovskites. The combined information from X-ray emission and absorption was used to explore trends in electronic structure characteristics under the Zaanen–Sawatzky–Allen framework—namely the extent of metal–oxygen hybridization, band gap, and charge-transfer gap. We further established a method that allows for the experimental determination of the occupied and unoccupied band positions relative to the oxide Fermi level, as well as on an absolute energy scale.
- Authors:
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- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202, United States
- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Research Org.:
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1374901
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1557990
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515; SC0002633; AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Physical Chemistry. C
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Journal of Physical Chemistry. C Journal Volume: 119 Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1932-7447
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Citation Formats
Hong, Wesley T., Stoerzinger, Kelsey A., Moritz, Brian, Devereaux, Thomas P., Yang, Wanli, and Shao-Horn, Yang. Probing LaMO3 Metal and Oxygen Partial Density of States Using X-ray Emission, Absorption, and Photoelectron Spectroscopy. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1021/jp511931y.
Hong, Wesley T., Stoerzinger, Kelsey A., Moritz, Brian, Devereaux, Thomas P., Yang, Wanli, & Shao-Horn, Yang. Probing LaMO3 Metal and Oxygen Partial Density of States Using X-ray Emission, Absorption, and Photoelectron Spectroscopy. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp511931y
Hong, Wesley T., Stoerzinger, Kelsey A., Moritz, Brian, Devereaux, Thomas P., Yang, Wanli, and Shao-Horn, Yang. Wed .
"Probing LaMO3 Metal and Oxygen Partial Density of States Using X-ray Emission, Absorption, and Photoelectron Spectroscopy". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp511931y.
@article{osti_1374901,
title = {Probing LaMO3 Metal and Oxygen Partial Density of States Using X-ray Emission, Absorption, and Photoelectron Spectroscopy},
author = {Hong, Wesley T. and Stoerzinger, Kelsey A. and Moritz, Brian and Devereaux, Thomas P. and Yang, Wanli and Shao-Horn, Yang},
abstractNote = {We examined the electronic structure in LaMO3 perovskite oxides (M = Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni) by combining information from X-ray emission, absorption, and photoelectron spectroscopy. Through first-principles density functional theory simulations, we identified complementary hybridization features present in the transition metal and oxygen X-ray emission spectra. We then developed a method for the self-consistent alignment of the emission data onto a common energy scale using these features, providing a valuable supplementary technique to photoelectron spectroscopy for studying the partial density of states in perovskites. The combined information from X-ray emission and absorption was used to explore trends in electronic structure characteristics under the Zaanen–Sawatzky–Allen framework—namely the extent of metal–oxygen hybridization, band gap, and charge-transfer gap. We further established a method that allows for the experimental determination of the occupied and unoccupied band positions relative to the oxide Fermi level, as well as on an absolute energy scale.},
doi = {10.1021/jp511931y},
journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry. C},
number = 4,
volume = 119,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 21 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Wed Jan 21 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}
https://doi.org/10.1021/jp511931y
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