X-Ray Photoemission Band Structure of Some Transition-Metal Oxides

Abstract

The valence-band structures of MnO, CoO, NiO, ${\mathrm{Cu}}_{2}$O, CuO, and Re${\mathrm{O}}_{3}$ have been obtained by x-ray photoemission spectroscopy. It is found that in every case a narrow metal $d$ band lies above the center of the oxygen $2p$ valence band.