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

Sarma, D. D. ; Sen, P. ; Cimino, R. ; Carbope, C. ; Gudat, W. ; Sampathkumara, E. V. ; Das, I. (1991) Origin of nonmetallicity in PrBa2Cu3O7 from a study of Gd1−xPrxBa2Cu3O7 using soft X-ray absorption at the oxygen K-edge Solid State Communications, 77 (5). pp. 377-379. ISSN 0038-1098

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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.

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