First-Principle Study of Effect of Strain on the Band Structure of Germanane Monolayer

The effect of strain on the band structure of the GeH monolayer has been investigated by first-principles calculations based on density functional theory. The results show that the change of the band gap under the zigzag strain, the armchair strain and the biaxial strain is nonlinear. The effect of the biaxial strain on the band gap is the most obvious. In addition, the changes of energy under the three kinds of strain are asymmetric and the biaxial strain make the energy change the most. This work has significant implication of strain to tune optical catalytic properties of GeH monolayer.