Electronic structure of negative charge transfer CaFeO3 across the metal-insulator transition
- Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States)
- Temple Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States)
- Czech Technical Univ., Prague (Czech Republic)
- Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (Canada); Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK (Canada)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Diamond Light Source, Ltd., Didcot, Oxfordshire (United Kingdom)
- Peter-Grunberg-Institut, Jülich (Germany); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
In this work, we investigated the metal-insulator transition for epitaxial thin films of the perovskite CaFeO3, a material with a significant oxygen ligand hole contribution to its electronic structure. We find that biaxial tensile and compressive strain suppress the metal-insulator transition temperature. By combining hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy, and density functional calculations, we resolve the element-specific changes to the electronic structure across the metal-insulator transition. We demonstrate that the Fe sites undergo no observable spectroscopic change between the metallic and insulating states, whereas the O electronic configuration undergoes significant changes. This strongly supports the bond-disproportionation model of the metal-insulator transition for CaFeO3 and highlights the importance of ligand holes in its electronic structure. By sensitively measuring the ligand hole density, however, we find that it increases by ~5–10% in the insulating state, which we ascribe to a further localization of electron charge on the Fe sites. Finally, these results provide detailed insight into the metal-insulator transition of negative charge transfer compounds and should prove instructive for understanding metal-insulator transitions in other late transition metal compounds such as the nickelates.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; AC02-05CH11231
- OSTI ID:
- 1558569
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1418712
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review Materials, Vol. 2, Issue 1; ISSN 2475-9953
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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