Structure, mobility and clustering of interstitial O in La2CuO4+delta in the limit of small delta
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1998-09-01
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Cordero, F.
Grandini, Carlos Roberto [UNESP]
Cantelli, R.
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Elsevier B.V.
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Anelastic spectra (elastic energy absorption as a function of temperature) are reported which provide evidence that excess O in La2CuO4+delta starts forming two different types of defects already at very low concentrations, where no phase separation or changes in the type of O intercalation are believed to occur. The absorption peak with the lowest activation enthalpy, H/k(B) = 5600 K, is visible at lowest values of delta and is attributed to the hopping of single interstitial O2- ions. The second process, with a slightly slower dynamics, appears at higher values of delta and soon becomes preponderant over the former process. The latter process is proposed to be due to stable pairs of O atoms and is put in connection with the formation of partially covalent bonds between interstitial and apical oxygen; such bonds would reduce the doping efficiency of excess O at increasing delta. The geometry of the interstitial O defect is discussed. O 1998 Published by Elsevier B.V. B.V. All rights reserved.
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La2CuO4+delta, interstitial O, O mobility, doping efficiency, anelastic spectroscopy
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Physica C. Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V., v. 305, n. 3-4, p. 251-261, 1998.