Table 1 Crystal Structure Parameters and Band Gaps of α- and β-Ge2Y2 Monolayers.

From: Study on electronic transport and optoelectronic properties of semiconductor 2D Ge₂Y₂ (Y = As, P, N)

 

Lattice(Å) a

Band length(Å)

Stacking type

Space group

Bandgap(eV)

LGe-Ge

LGe-Y

α-Ge2As2

3.821

2.500

2.488

AA

P6m2(No. 187)

1.06(indirect)27

β-Ge2As2

3.831

2.483

2.490

AB

P-3m1 (No. 164)

1.01(indirect)27

α-Ge2As2

3.800

2.539

2.479

AA

P6m2(No. 187)

1.08(indirect)

β-Ge2As2

3.815

2.416

2.410

AB

P-3m1(No. 164)

0.92(indirect)

α-Ge2P2

3.660

2.507

2.370

AA

P6m2(No. 187)

1.33(indirect)27

β-Ge2P2

3.672

2.490

2.373

AB

P-3m1 (No. 164)

1.19(indirect)27

α-Ge2P2

3.651

2.497

2.362

AA

P6m2(No. 187)

1.14(indirect)

β-Ge2P2

3.661

2.480

2.365

AB

P-3m1 (No. 164)

0.94(indirect)

α-Ge2N2

3.095

2.600

1.909

AA

P6m2(No. 187)

1.21(indirect)27

β-Ge2N2

3.100

2.544

1.909

AB

P-3m1 (No. 164)

1.12(indirect)27

α-Ge2N2

3.104

2.551

1.915

AA

P6m2(No. 187)

1.14(indirect)

β-Ge2N2

3.116

2.533

1.918

AB

P-3m1 (No. 164)

0.94(indirect)