Based on first principles calculations, the electronic structure of CuTeO4 is discussed in the context of superconducting cuprates. Despite some significant crystallographic differences, we find that CuTeO4 is similar to these cuprates, exhibiting a quasi two dimensional electronic structure that involves hybridized Cu-d and O-p states in the vicinity of the Fermi level, along with an antiferromagnetic insulating ground state. Hole doping this material by substituting Te6+ with Sb5+ would be of significant interest.
@article{arxiv.1612.03817,
title = {Electronic structure of CuTeO$_4$ and its relationship to cuprates},
author = {Antia S. Botana and Michael R. Norman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.03817},
year = {2017}
}