Cerium L-III-edge x-ray absorption study of the CexFe4-yCoySb12 skutterudites

Citation
F. Grandjean et al., Cerium L-III-edge x-ray absorption study of the CexFe4-yCoySb12 skutterudites, PHYS REV B, 62(19), 2000, pp. 12569-12572
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
ISSN journal
01631829 → ACNP
Volume
62
Issue
19
Year of publication
2000
Pages
12569 - 12572
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-1829(20001115)62:19<12569:CLXASO>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The cerium L-III-edge x-ray absorption near-edge spectra of the CexFe4-yCoy Sb12 compounds have been obtained at 295 K and unambiguously indicate that cerium is in the 4f(1) electronic ground state for all values of 0.22 less than or equal tox less than or equal to0.98 and 0.0 less than or equal toy less than or equal to3.5. This stable trivalent state of cerium is in agree ment with the proposed (CeFe4Sb12)(1-alpha)(square Co4Sb12)(alpha), solid s olution structure, in which the cerium atoms are always surrounded by twelv e antimony first neighbors and six iron second neighbors, the observed magn etic properties of CeFe4Sb12 and Ce0.9Fe3CoSb12, and the electronic structu re of CeFe4Sb12 obtained from hand-structure calculations.