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Valence states and electronic structures of Co and Mn substituted spin gapless semiconductor PbPdO2

  • D. H. Kim
  • , Jihoon Hwang
  • , Eunsook Lee
  • , K. J. Lee
  • , S. M. Choo
  • , M. H. Jung
  • , J. Baik
  • , H. J. Shin
  • , Bongjae Kim
  • , Kyoo Kim
  • , B. I. Min
  • , J. S. Kang
  • The Catholic University of Korea
  • Sogang University
  • Pohang Accelerator Laboratory
  • Pohang University of Science and Technology

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Abstract

Electronic structures of Pb(Pd0.9T0.1)O2 (T = Mn, Co) spin gapless semiconductors have been investigated by employing soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and photoemission spectroscopy (PES). The valence states of Co and Mn ions are found to be mixed-valent (∼2.7) and tetravalent, respectively. The measured valence-band PES and O 1s XAS spectra show that both PbPdO2 and PbPd0.9Co0.1O 2 are small-gap semiconductors. This finding is supported by the calculated band structures, obtained in the density functional theory with the modified Becke-Johnson potential (mBJ) scheme. This work also shows evidence for the existence of the phase separation in Mn-substituted PbPd 0.9Mn0.1O2.

Original languageEnglish
Article number022411
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume104
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 13 Jan 2014

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