FOR 2857:  Copper Iodide as Multifunctional Semiconductor

• Subject Area: Physics ; Chemistry
• Term: since 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 403159832

CuI is a wide-gap, naturally p-conductive semiconductor with zincblende-type structure at ambient conditions. It unites high transparency in the visible spectral range with unsurpassed hole conductivity. Despite recent progress, several fundamental material science issues and practical problems remain before CuI can be used as multifunctional material. The Research Unit wants to close the gap between the current promising results and exploitation of the unique properties of copper iodide in real world applications employing thin films.

• DFG Programme: Research Units

Projects

• Amorphous and crystalline thin films of CuI and Cu-I based alloys by sputtering (Applicant Vogt, Sofie )
• Amorphous Thin Films of CuI and CuI-based Alloys (Applicant Grundmann, Marius )
• Chemical Routes to CuI and Related Compounds as Thin Films and Bulk Material (Applicant Krautscheid, Harald )
• Coordination Funds (Applicant Grundmann, Marius )
• Electrical Properties of CuI Thin Films and Bulk Material and Fabrication of CuI-based Devices (Applicant von Wenckstern, Holger )
• Element-specific local structure of crystalline and amorphous CuI-based alloys (Applicant Schnohr, Claudia Sarah )
• First-principles calculations of electronic and optical properties of disordered and amorphous CuI-based ternary alloys (Applicant Botti, Silvana )
• Microstructure-Based Optimization of Pulsed Laser Deposited CuI Thin Films (Applicants Lorenz, Michael ;  Selle, Susanne )
• Optical Properties of CuI, Doped CuI and CuI-Based Alloys (Applicant Sturm, Chris )
• Structural, electronic, and transport properties of CuI surfaces and heterostructures from first principles (Applicant Rauch, Tomas )

• Spokesperson: Professor Dr. Marius Grundmann