Phosphorus Rich d10 Ion Polyphosphides and Selected Materials

• Published in: Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie (1950) Vol. 641; no. 2; pp. 304 - 310
• Main Authors: Bawohl, Melanie, Nilges, Tom
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; German
• Published: Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 01.02.2015; WILEY‐VCH Verlag; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Coinage metal; Mineralizer concept; Phosphorene; Phosphorus; Polyphosphides
• ISSN: 0044-2313; 1521-3749
• DOI: 10.1002/zaac.201400577

Polyphosphides composed by late transition metal ions with closed d10 shells are subject of this review. Recent progress has been made during the past years in this field and many new compounds have been discovered. The spectrum of compounds extends from classical binary and ternary compounds, adduct phases of metal halides and molecular species to composites of intermetalloid clusters and molecular anion substructures. Phosphorus is highly reactive to late transition metals forming d10 ions and they entirely react to a plenthora of materials. Only a handful of elements do not form binary compounds with phosphorus and the number is decreasing. This review is focussed on synthetic procedures and the structure property relations of d10 ion polyphosphides. A brief overview is also given to the progress in phosphorus allotrope chemistry and their perspectives and applications. Especially black phosphorus as active material for batteries and its de‐laminated form “phosphorene” is added.