Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2008-07-14
EPL, 83 (2008) 37002
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
16 pages, 3 figures, 1 table
Scientific paper
10.1209/0295-5075/83/37002
We have carried out optical-absorption and reflectance measurements at room temperature in single crystals of AWO4 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 A2+ 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 A2+ 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.
Errandonea Daniel
Lacomba-Perales R.
Martinez-Garcia D.
Ruiz-Fuertes Javier
Segura Antigona
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