Abstract
The results of a plane-wave pseudopotential study on the mechanical and electronic properties of twelve III–V zinc-blende (ZB) and wurtzite (WZ) semiconductors under pressure are presented. The lattice parameters, bulk moduli B0, energy band types, band-gaps EgΓ at the Γ point, and pressure dependences of EgΓ are investigated in detail. Our results show that the EgΓP relations can be classified into two distinct types for these ZB and WZ phases. A transformation from one type of EgΓP relation to the other type is found to occur in some WZ phases. Linear relationships between the bulk moduli and the inverse of unit-cell volumes at P = 0 are also found for the ZB and WZ phases.