Table 2 Energies of electronic transitions of phosphorene and arsenene systems computed within the G0W0 approach, (i) and (d) denote indirect and direct transitions respectively.

From: Electronic and optical properties of the buckled and puckered phases of phosphorene and arsenene

2D system

Transition energy (eV)

Blue phosphorene

1: 2.95 (i) band-gap

2: 2.98 (i)

3: 3.02 (i)

4: 3.09 (i)

5: 3.21 (i)

Black phosphorene

1: 1.83 (d) band-gap

2: 2.05 (i)

3: 2.11 (i)

Arsenene (buckled)

1: 2.56 (i) band-gap

2: 2.90 (d)

3: 2.94 (i)

Arsenene (puckered)

1: 1.51 (i) band-gap

2: 1.55 (d)

3: 1.62 (d)

4: 1.71 (i)

5: 1.78 (i)

6: 1.93 (i)

7: 1.97 (i)

  1. From Table 2, we can conclude that our findings agree with previous results for monolayers and heterostructures based on these materials65,66,67.
  2. Significant values are in bold.