Unraveling the temperature-responsive charge-disproportionation in BaBiO$_3$

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Hauptverfasser: Sarkar, Sumit, Yadav, Priyanka, Chowdhury, Sourav, Raghunathan, Rajamani, Choudhary, Ram Janay
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author Sarkar, Sumit
Yadav, Priyanka
Chowdhury, Sourav
Raghunathan, Rajamani
Choudhary, Ram Janay
author_facet Sarkar, Sumit
Yadav, Priyanka
Chowdhury, Sourav
Raghunathan, Rajamani
Choudhary, Ram Janay
contents This study shows that the charge disproportionation at the Bi site in BaBiO$_3$ alters as a function of temperature. Decreasing the temperature from 300K down to 160K leads to a significant modification of the density of states corresponding to the Bi-O hybridized band near the Fermi level (E$_\text{F}$). This modification indicates reduction of Bi 6$sp$ - O 2$p$ hybridization and O 2$p$ spectral weight near E$_\text{F}$. The strong decrement of covalency at lower temperatures is accompanied by a decrement in O 2$p$ hole density due to possible charge transfer from Bi 6$s$ to the O 2$p$ band. Bi-charge state analysis from Bi-4$f$ core-level spectra showed that at 300K, $δ$ (charge difference between alternate Bi sites) value in 4$\pmδ$ is much less than at 160K, which reveals the transition towards the ionic nature of CD or static CD in BBO at low temperature. On the other hand, O 1$s$ core-level spectra displayed an asymmetric shape, and temperature-dependent modifications of the asymmetric shape and intensity have been observed. This highlights the significant influence of the O 2$p$ band hole on the dynamical CD at the Bi site.
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spellingShingle Unraveling the temperature-responsive charge-disproportionation in BaBiO$_3$
Sarkar, Sumit
Yadav, Priyanka
Chowdhury, Sourav
Raghunathan, Rajamani
Choudhary, Ram Janay
Materials Science
This study shows that the charge disproportionation at the Bi site in BaBiO$_3$ alters as a function of temperature. Decreasing the temperature from 300K down to 160K leads to a significant modification of the density of states corresponding to the Bi-O hybridized band near the Fermi level (E$_\text{F}$). This modification indicates reduction of Bi 6$sp$ - O 2$p$ hybridization and O 2$p$ spectral weight near E$_\text{F}$. The strong decrement of covalency at lower temperatures is accompanied by a decrement in O 2$p$ hole density due to possible charge transfer from Bi 6$s$ to the O 2$p$ band. Bi-charge state analysis from Bi-4$f$ core-level spectra showed that at 300K, $δ$ (charge difference between alternate Bi sites) value in 4$\pmδ$ is much less than at 160K, which reveals the transition towards the ionic nature of CD or static CD in BBO at low temperature. On the other hand, O 1$s$ core-level spectra displayed an asymmetric shape, and temperature-dependent modifications of the asymmetric shape and intensity have been observed. This highlights the significant influence of the O 2$p$ band hole on the dynamical CD at the Bi site.
title Unraveling the temperature-responsive charge-disproportionation in BaBiO$_3$
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.19283