简介:TheelectronicstructuresofCuS2,CuSe2andCuTe2withpyritestructures,withintheframeworkthedensity-functionaltheoryhavebeeninvestigated.ThecalculatedresultsexplainedtherecentexperimentalresultswhichshowthatthereisnoclearindicationofstrongelectroncorrelationsintheelectronicpropertiesofCupyrites,duetothedominantchalcogenpcharacterratherthandcharacteristicofCuattheFermilevel.