TY - JOUR
T1 - New directions in metal phosphonate and phosphinate chemistry
AU - Shearan, Stephen J.I.
AU - Stock, Norbert
AU - Emmerling, Franziska
AU - Demel, Jan
AU - Wright, Paul A.
AU - Demadis, Konstantinos D.
AU - Vassaki, Maria
AU - Costantino, Ferdinando
AU - Vivani, Riccardo
AU - Sallard, Sébastien
AU - Ruiz Salcedo, Inés
AU - Cabeza, Aurelio
AU - Taddei, Marco
N1 - M.T is supported by funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 663830.
PY - 2019/5/24
Y1 - 2019/5/24
N2 - In September 2018, the First European Workshop on Metal Phosphonates Chemistry brought together some prominent researchers in the field of metal phosphonates and phosphinates with the aim of discussing past and current research efforts and identifying future directions. The scope of this perspective article is to provide a critical overview of the topics discussed during the workshop, which are divided into two main areas: synthesis and characterisation, and applications. In terms of synthetic methods, there has been a push towards cleaner and more efficient approaches. This has led to the introduction of high-throughput synthesis and mechanochemical synthesis. The recent success of metal–organic frameworks has also promoted renewed interest in the synthesis of porous metal phosphonates and phosphinates. Regarding characterisation, the main advances are the development of electron diffraction as a tool for crystal structure determination and the deployment of in situ characterisation techniques, which have allowed for a better understanding of reaction pathways. In terms of applications, metal phosphonates have been found to be suitable materials for several purposes: they have been employed as heterogeneous catalysts for the synthesis of fine chemicals, as solid sorbents for gas separation, notably CO2 capture, as materials for electrochemical devices, such as fuel cells and rechargeable batteries, and as matrices for drug delivery.
AB - In September 2018, the First European Workshop on Metal Phosphonates Chemistry brought together some prominent researchers in the field of metal phosphonates and phosphinates with the aim of discussing past and current research efforts and identifying future directions. The scope of this perspective article is to provide a critical overview of the topics discussed during the workshop, which are divided into two main areas: synthesis and characterisation, and applications. In terms of synthetic methods, there has been a push towards cleaner and more efficient approaches. This has led to the introduction of high-throughput synthesis and mechanochemical synthesis. The recent success of metal–organic frameworks has also promoted renewed interest in the synthesis of porous metal phosphonates and phosphinates. Regarding characterisation, the main advances are the development of electron diffraction as a tool for crystal structure determination and the deployment of in situ characterisation techniques, which have allowed for a better understanding of reaction pathways. In terms of applications, metal phosphonates have been found to be suitable materials for several purposes: they have been employed as heterogeneous catalysts for the synthesis of fine chemicals, as solid sorbents for gas separation, notably CO2 capture, as materials for electrochemical devices, such as fuel cells and rechargeable batteries, and as matrices for drug delivery.
KW - Metal phosphonates and phosphinates
KW - Layered materials
KW - Metal–organic frameworks
KW - Synthesis
KW - X-ray and electron diffraction
KW - In situ characterisation
KW - Heterogenous catalysis
KW - Gas sorption/separation
KW - Proton conduction
KW - Rechargeable batteries
KW - Drug delivery
U2 - 10.3390/cryst9050270
DO - 10.3390/cryst9050270
M3 - Article
SN - 2073-4352
VL - 9
JO - Crystals
JF - Crystals
IS - 5
M1 - 270
ER -