“…Delafossite oxides CuMO 2 (M is trivalent cation, such as Al, Cr, Fe, …) have been studied intensively due to their applications in catalysts [1][2][3], ozone sensors [4,5], diluted magnetic semiconductors [6], light-emitting diodes [7] and transparent p-type conducting oxides [8]. The delafossite structure of CuFeO 2 (CFO) can be described as sheets of edge-shared FeO 6 octahedra alternating stacked with close-packed Cu-ion layers, and the rhombohedral 3R R3m or hexagonal 2H (P6 3 /mmc) structures can be formed depending on the stacking of the layers [9].…”