Origin of nonmetallicity in PrBa2Cu3O7 from a study of Gd1−xPrxBa2Cu3O7 using soft x-ray absorption at the oxygen K-edge

Sarma, DD and Sen, P and Ciminoc, R and Carbope, C and Gudat, W and Sampathkumara, EV and Dase, I (1991) Origin of nonmetallicity in PrBa2Cu3O7 from a study of Gd1−xPrxBa2Cu3O7 using soft x-ray absorption at the oxygen K-edge. In: Solid State Communications, 77 (5). 377 -379.

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Abstract

We present the x-ray absorption data at the oxygen K-edge using total yield technique for Gd1−xPrxba2Cu3O7 (x= 0.0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, and 1.0). The data clearly to oxygen that the holes doped in the GdBa2Cu3O7 due to oxygen composition are not removed by Pr doping even for the x = 1.0 sample, suggesting that Pr is predominantly in the formally trivalent state. However, the data also clearly indicate the evidence of hybridization effects between the Pr3+ and the adjacent CuO2 layers. This is suggested to be responsible for the progressive suppression of Tc and the metallicity with Pr doping in these systems.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Solid State Communications
Publisher:	Elsevier science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier science.
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit
Date Deposited:	30 Nov 2010 08:06
Last Modified:	30 Nov 2010 08:06
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/34028

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