Direct spectroscopic evidence for completely filled Cu 3d shell in BaCu2As2 and α-BaCu2Sb2
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China); Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing (China)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China) ; Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau (France)
- Paul Scherrer Inst. (PSI), Villigen (Switzerland). Swiss Light Source
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau (France); France College, Paris (France); European Theoretical Synchrotron Facility (ETSF) (Europe)
In this study, we use angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy to extract the band dispersion and the Fermi surface of BaCu2As2 and α-BaCu2Sb2. While the Cu 3d bands in both materials are located around 3.5 eV below the Fermi level, the low-energy photoemission intensity mainly comes from As 4p states, suggesting a completely filled Cu 3d shell. The splitting of the As 3d core levels and the lack of pronounced three-dimensionality in the measured band structure of BaCu2As2 indicate a surface state likely induced by the cleavage of this material in the collapsed tetragonal phase, which is consistent with our observation of a Cu+1 oxidation state. However, the observation of Cu states at similar energy in α-BaCu2Sb2 without the pnictide-pnictide interlayer bonding characteristic of the collapsed tetragonal phase suggests that the short interlayer distance in BaCu2As2 follows from the stability of the Cu+1 rather than the other way around. In conclusion, our results confirm the prediction that BaCu2As2 is an sp metal with weak electronic correlations.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 1286872
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1184060
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review B, Vol. 91, Issue 23; ISSN 2469-9950
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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