Effective masses of holes and electrons of the VBM and CBM along different directions for the different β-NX materials, using the HSE06 method.
| Material | Carrier type | m*(me) | Carrier type | m*(me) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A–Y | A–Γ | X–S | X–Γ | |||
| AgS | Electrons | 0.33 | 0.32 | Holes | −3.44 | −1.09 |
| AgSe | 0.28 | 0.25 | −2.63 | −1.38 | ||
| AgTe | 0.25 | 0.21 | −5.34 | −1.48 | ||
| AuS | 0.43 | 0.38 | −9.95 | −0.60 | ||
| AuTe | 0.26 | 0.23 | −4.99 | −0.67 | ||