Correlation of high temperature X-ray photoemission spectral features and conductivity of epitaxially strained (La0.8Sr0.2)0.95Ni0.2Fe0.8O3/SrTiO3(110)

Autor: Braun, A., Zhang, X., Sun, Y., Müller, U., Liu, Z., Erat, S., Ari, M., Grimmer, H., Mao, S. S., Graule, T.
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Applied Physics Letters 95, 022107 (2009)
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1063/1.3174916
Popis: Reversible and irreversible discontinuities at around 573 K and 823 K in the electric conductivity of a strained 175 nm thin film of (La0.8Sr0.2)0.95Ni0.2Fe0.8O3-{\delta} grown by pulsed laser deposition on SrTiO3 (110) are reflected by valence band changes as monitored in photoemission and oxygen K-edge x-ray absorption spectra. The irreversible jump at 823 K is attributed to depletion of doped electron holes and reduction of Fe4+ to Fe3+, as evidenced by oxygen and iron core level soft x-ray spectroscopy, and possibly of a chemical origin, whereas the reversible jump at 573 K possibly originates from structural changes.
Databáze: arXiv