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EPL
Volume 83, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/83/37002
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- Spanish MCYT [MAT2007-65990-C03-01, CSD2007-00045]
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We have carried out optical-absorption and re. ectance measurements at room temperature in single crystals of AWO(4) tungstates (A = Ba, Ca, Cd, Cu, Pb, Sr, and Zn). From the experimental results their band-gap energy has been determined to be 5.26 eV (BaWO4), 5.08 eV (SrWO4), 4.94 eV (CaWO4), 4.15 eV (CdWO4), 3.9-4.4 eV(ZnWO4), 3.8-4.2 eV(PbWO4), and 2.3 eV (CuWO4). The results are discussed in terms of the electronic structure of the studied tungstates. It has been found that those compounds where only the s electron states of the A(2+) cation hybridize with the O 2p and W 5d states (e.g., BaWO4) have larger band-gap energies than those where also p, d, and f states of the A(2+) cation contribute to the top of the valence band and the bottom of the conduction band (e.g., PbWO4). The results are of importance in view of the large discrepancies existent in prevoiusly published data. Copyright (C) EPLA, 2008.
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