Valence state for bismuth in the superconducting bismuth cuprates
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 41 (1), 193-199
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.41.193
Abstract
X-ray-absorption near-edge spectra (XANES) of high- bismuth superconductors (2:2:0:1, 2:2:1:2, and 2:2:2:3) have been recorded at the Bi , , and Cu K edges. With respect to the reference [Bi(i i i) valence state], edge shifts towards low energies have been found in the spectra of all the superconducting cuprates at the Bi edge. This has been interpreted in terms of a reduced bismuth valency smaller than Bi (i i i). This result is a characteristic of the superconducting intergrowths, since other layer compounds with Bi cations in similar environments, and , do not present any shift with respect to . The copper formal valency has been deduced either from charge-balance considerations assuming a well-known oxygen stoichiometry or edge shifts at the copper K edge. High copper valencies have been found, especially in the 2:2:0:1 compound, but again, as was observed before in thallium and lead-substituted thallium cuprates, critical temperatures increase when the copper valency decreases, i.e., when the number of holes per copper in an oxygen-like p band decreases, provided this number stands above a critical value estimated previously to be 0.17.
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