DFG Research Unit 2857

Copper Iodide as Multifunctional Semiconductor

P08: Structural, Electronic, and Transport Properties of CuI Surfaces and Heterostructures from First Principles

Dr. Tomáš Rauch

In the second funding period of FOR2857, with P08 we plan to contribute with first-principles calculations of CuI surfaces and heterostructures involving CuI. Our investigations will be based on previous and new results of the involved experimental projects, as well as the theoretical project P04 which mainly focused on bulk CuI so far. In particular, we will study the structural, electronic, and transport properties of clean and contaminated CuI surfaces, as well as of various heterostructures between differently oriented CuI grains, CuI/metal and CuI/semiconductor interfaces. We will accompany the experimental groups in their search for working devices based on CuI.