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Electronic structure and polaronic excitation in FeVO4
, P. Chen, G. Lawes, J.L. Musfeldt
Published in
2011
Volume: 99
   
Issue: 14
Abstract
We investigated the electronic properties of FeVO4 films using optical, valence band x-ray photoelectron, and infrared spectroscopies. These studies show that FeVO4 is a direct bandgap system with a 2.7 eV gap with the Fermi level in the middle of the valence band maximum and conduction band minimum. A polaronic excitation is also observed in the middle infrared, indicating the importance of charge-lattice coupling in this multiferroic material. Fits to a model for the optical response of large polarons yield a binding energy of approximately 130 meV. © 2011 American Institute of Physics.
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JournalApplied Physics Letters
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