The multiplet structure of core-electron binding energies in Cr 3s, Cr 3p and Cr 2p levels of CrCl3 and CrBr3 compounds has been investigated by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The Cr 3s levels show a doublet splitting (about 4.3 eV) for the main emission in both halides. Satellites features are observed in Cr 3s, 3p and 2p levels at higher binding energies. In the Cr 3s spectrum, the main emission is assigned to unscreened intra-atomic multiplet splittings with correlation-induced satellites. The Cr 3p and 2p spectra can be better explained by the multiplet splitting arising from the interaction between valence band 3d electrons and core p holes in the crystal field. Final state screening (charge-transfer) effects do not play a major role in Cr 3s main emission nor do they affect the satellite structures in a relevant way. This explains why the Cr 3s exchange splitting in chromium halides is proportional to the local magnetic moment.

Splitting of core-level lines in photoemission spectra of transition metal compounds / I. Pollini. - In: PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE. - ISSN 1478-6435. - 85:23(2005), pp. 2641-2652. [10.1080/14786430500154372]

Splitting of core-level lines in photoemission spectra of transition metal compounds

I. Pollini
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2005

Abstract

The multiplet structure of core-electron binding energies in Cr 3s, Cr 3p and Cr 2p levels of CrCl3 and CrBr3 compounds has been investigated by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The Cr 3s levels show a doublet splitting (about 4.3 eV) for the main emission in both halides. Satellites features are observed in Cr 3s, 3p and 2p levels at higher binding energies. In the Cr 3s spectrum, the main emission is assigned to unscreened intra-atomic multiplet splittings with correlation-induced satellites. The Cr 3p and 2p spectra can be better explained by the multiplet splitting arising from the interaction between valence band 3d electrons and core p holes in the crystal field. Final state screening (charge-transfer) effects do not play a major role in Cr 3s main emission nor do they affect the satellite structures in a relevant way. This explains why the Cr 3s exchange splitting in chromium halides is proportional to the local magnetic moment.
binding energy; chromium compounds; core levels; exchange interactions (electron); local moments; valence bands; X-ray photoelectron spectra.
Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale
2005
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