Abstract
Abstract Complex manganites A1-xCdxMnO3 (A=Pr, La) are synthesized by solid state reaction method. Xray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and energy-dispersive analysis are applied to study their crystal structure, surface morphology, elemental and phase composition. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) methods are used to study the charge states of Pr and La cations, as well as to quantify the fractions of coexisting Mn3+ and Mn4+ ions. La3d-, La4d-, Pr4d- и Mn2p-spectra of ions La3+, Pr3+, Mn3+ and Mn4+ are calculated in the isolated–ion approximation with accounting for multiplet splitting and charge transfer effect. Good agreement with the experiment is obtained. The relative fractions of trivalent and tetravalent manganese ions in La0.45Cd0.78Mn0,9O2.86 and Pr0.49Cd0.74Mn0.85O2.91 are determined by fitting the Mn2p spectra by the superpositions of experimental spectra containing only Mn3+ and only Mn4+ ions; they were found to be 0.71Mn3+/0.29Mn4+ and 0.54Mn3+/0.46Mn4+, respectively.
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