Band
Title
18200.0 cm-1: 2p(O2-) → 3d(Fe3+) of Fe3+ & O2- in Hematite
Type
absorption
Assignments summary
Assignment Symmetry Mode Specie(s) Molecule/Atom Bond Multiplicity Degeneracy Contribution Resonance
2p(O2-) → 3d(Fe3+) ligand-to-metal charge-transfer Fe3+
O2-
unknown full
Characteristics summary
Peak position
(cm-1)
Center position
(cm-1)
Width
(cm-1)
Shape Asymmetry factor Peak intensity
(cm-1)
Peak intensity relative Peak strength Integrated intensity
(cm-2)
Integrated intensity relative Integrated strength Temperature
(K)
Pressure
(bar)
18200 ± 700 - 2600 ± 500 symmetric 0.81 unknown 0.31 298.0 1
Label
2p(O2-) → 3d(Fe3+)
Category
electronic transition

Evaluation

Level
fully assigned
Evaluation
validated
# Multiplicity type Degeneracy Other band
1 unknown
Contribution level
full
Primary specie
Fe3+
Primary specie
O2-

Electronic modes

Label (type)
2p(O2-) → 3d(Fe3+) (ligand-to-metal charge-transfer)
Comments
Proposed to be caused by double exciton 2(6A1) → 2(4T1(4G)) by Sherman and Waite (1985). Pailhe et al. (2008) re-evaluated the spectral features and proposed a Fe-O charge transfer attribution instead.

Temperature

Temperature
298.0 ± 1.0 K

Pressure

Pressure
1 bar
Method #1
data compilation
Overlap
strongly blended
Peak
18200 ± 700 cm-1 (peak)
Evaluation
validated
Quality
E
FWHM
2600 ± 500 cm-1 (fit fwhm)
Shape
symmetric
Evaluation
validated
Quality
E
Method
peak intensity
Relative intensity
0.81 ± 0.05
Strength
Evaluation
undefined
Quality
C
Method
width x peak intensity
Relative intensity
0.31 ± 0.09
Evaluation
validated
Quality
E