Abstract
In this study, we applied density functional theory to compute the electronic, optical, and thermal properties of MP (M = Li, Na, K). We find that the materials under consideration are stable, owing to the lack of negative frequencies in the phonon spectra. LiP exhibits an indirect band gap of 1.43 eV. NaP and KP have direct band gaps of 1.67 and 1.76 eV, respectively. The family of these composites shows strong absorption, observed by their very sharp absorption edges and confirmed by their direct transition from the valence to conduction band. They exhibit strong absorption below 4.0 eV in the optical spectra, which could serve in a solar cell device. The thermal calculations show high zT values of 0.74, 0.78, and 0.64 at 300 K for LiP, NaP, and KP, respectively. Thus, our results could be promising for electronic and thermal devices.
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