Abstract
An x-ray photoemission spectroscopy study of the blue molybdenum bronze K0.30MoO3 shows a conduction band of Mo 4d character extending 2 eV below the Fermi level. The valence band lies between 2 and 10 eV. The Mo 3d core-electron spectrum has components at binding energies previously identified with Mo5+ and Mo6+ ions in related molybdenum oxide compounds. In this metallic system these two states are, however, of final-state origin, representing alternate screening channels and do not indicate that discrete valences are present in the initial state.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3568-3572 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Physical Review B |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 6 |
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| State | Published - 1985 |