High quality single crystals of Bi-2212, Tl-2212 and Tl-2223 were stud
ied using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. From a deconvolution of th
e Cu2p(3/2) main line, we have shown that the density of O 2p holes in
the Cu-O planes are qualitatively similar in case of the Bi and Tl-22
12 systems even though they have shown many other differences in their
electronic structure properties. Also the results show a dependence o
f the density of holes on the number of Cu-O planes as we go from Tl-2
212 to Tl-2223.