Analysis of charge states in the mixed valent ionic insulator AgO

Abstract

The doubly ionized $d^9$ copper ion provides, originally in La${}_2$CuO${}_4$ and later in many more compounds, the platform for high temperature superconductivity when it is forced toward higher levels of oxidation. The nearest chemical equivalent is Ag${}^{2+}$, which is almost entirely avoided in nature. AgO is an illustrative example, being an unusual nonmagnetic insulating compound with an open $4d$ shell on one site. This compound has been interpreted in terms of one Ag${}^{3+}$ ion at the fourfold site and one Ag${}^{+}$ ion that is twofold coordinated. We analyze more aspects of this compound, finding that indeed the Ag${}^{3+}$ ion supports only four occupied $4d$-based Wannier functions per spin, while Ag${}^{+}$ supports five, yet their physical charges are nearly equal. The oxygen $2p$ Wannier functions display two distinct types of behavior, one type of which includes conspicuous Ag $4d$ tails. Calculation of the Born effective charge tensor shows that the mean effective charges of the Ag ions differ by about a factor of two, roughly consistent with the assigned formal charges. We analyze the $4d$ charge density and discuss it in terms of recent insights into charge states of insulating (and usually magnetic) transition metal oxides. What might be expected in electron- and hole-doped AgO is discussed briefly.

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