Trimolybdenum phosphide explained

Trimolybdenum phosphide is a binary inorganic compound of molybdenum metal and phosphorus with the chemical formula .^{[1] [2]}

Preparation

Trimolybdenum phosphide can be obtained via electrolysis of a melt mixture of molybdenum hexametaphosphate with molybdenum(VI) oxide and sodium chloride.

Properties

Trimolybdenum phosphide forms grey crystals of tetragonal crystal system with space group I4.^[3] It is insoluble in water. Trimolybdenum phosphide becomes superconducting at 7 K.^[4]

Uses

Trimolybdenum phosphide can be used as a catalyst for electrocatalytic processes.^{[5] [6]} It can also be used in accumulators.^{[7] [8]}

Notes and References

1. Kondori . Alireza . Esmaeilirad . Mohammadreza . Baskin . Artem . Song . Boao . Wei . Jialiang . Chen . Wei . Segre . Carlo U. . Shahbazian-Yassar . Reza . Prendergast . David . Asadi . Mohammad . Identifying Catalytic Active Sites of Trimolybdenum Phosphide (Mo 3 P) for Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution . . June 2019 . 9 . 22 . 10.1002/aenm.201900516 . 2019AdEnM...900516K . 1531000 . 242323789 . 9 March 2024 . en . 1614-6832.
2. Muchharla . Baleeswaraiah . Malali . Praveen . Daniel . Brenna . Kondori . Alireza . Asadi . Mohammad . Cao . Wei . Elsayed-Ali . Hani E. . Castro . Mickaël . Elahi . Mehran . Adedeji . Adetayo . Sadasivuni . Kishor Kumar . Maurya . Muni Raj . Kumar . Kapil . Karoui . Abdennaceur . Kumar . Bijandra . Tri-molybdenum phosphide (Mo3P) and multi-walled carbon nanotube junctions for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) detection . . 13 September 2021 . 119 . 11 . 10.1063/5.0059378 . 240537366 .
3. Book: Donnay . Joseph Désiré Hubert . Crystal Data: Inorganic compounds . 1973 . . 16 . 9 March 2024 . en.
4. Book: Mellor . Joseph William . Supplement to Mellor's Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry: suppl. 1, pt. 1. N . 1971 . . 337 . 9 March 2024 . en.
5. Kondori . Alireza . Esmaeilirad . Mohammadreza . Baskin . Artem . Song . Boao . Wei . Jialiang . Chen . Wei . Segre . Carlo U. . Shahbazian-Yassar . Reza . Prendergast . David . Asadi . Mohammad . Identifying Catalytic Active Sites of Trimolybdenum Phosphide (Mo 3 P) for Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution . . June 2019 . 9 . 22 . 10.1002/aenm.201900516 . 2019AdEnM...900516K . 1531000 . 242323789 . 9 March 2024.
6. Web site: Kuei . Brooke . Uncovering the Origin of High Performance in a New Water Splitting Catalyst . foundry.lbl.gov . 9 March 2024 . August 27, 2019.
7. Web site: Timmer . John . New battery seems to offer it all: Lithium-metal/lithium-air electrodes . . 9 March 2024 . en-us . 6 February 2023.
8. Web site: (201d) First-Principles Study of Lithium-Air Batteries Based on Tri-Molybdenum Phosphide (Mo3P) Nanoparticles AIChE . aiche.org . 9 March 2024.