Novel Copper Fluoride Analogs of Cuprates

Abstract

On the basis of the first-principles evolutionary crystal structure prediction of stable compounds in the Cu-F system, we predict two experimentally unknown stable phases -- Cu2F5 and CuF3. Cu2F5 comprises two interacting magnetic subsystems with the Cu atoms in the oxidation states +2 and +3. CuF3 contains magnetic Cu 3+ ions forming a lattice with the antiferromagnetic coupling. We showed that some or all of Cu 3+ ions can be reduced to Cu 2+ by electron doping, as in the well known KCuF3. Significant similarities between the electronic structures calculated in the framework of DFT+U suggest that doped CuF3 and Cu2F5 may exhibit high-temperature superconductivity with the same mechanism as in cuprates.

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