%0 Journal Article %A Sodreau, Alexandre %A Zahedi, Hooman Ghazi %A Dervişoğlu, Rıza %A Kang, Liqun %A Menten, Julia %A Zenner, Johannes %A Terefenko, Nicole %A DeBeer, Serena %A Wiegand, Thomas %A Bordet, Alexis %A Leitner, Walter %T A Simple and Versatile Approach for the Low‐Temperature Synthesis of Transition Metal Phosphide Nanoparticles from Metal Chloride Complexes and P(SiMe<sub>3</sub>)<sub>3</sub> %J Advanced materials %V 35 %N 49 %@ 0935-9648 %C Weinheim %I Wiley-VCH %M PUBDB-2023-06034 %P 2306621 %D 2023 %X Metal chloride complexes react with tris(trimethylsilyl)phosphine under mild condition to produce metal phosphide (TMP) nanoparticles (NPs), and chlorotrimethylsilane as a byproduct. The formation of Si–Cl bonds that are stronger than the starting M-Cl bonds acts as a driving force for the reaction. The potential of this strategy is illustrated through the preparation of ruthenium phosphide NPs using [RuCl<sub>2</sub>(cymene)] and tris(trimethylsilyl)phosphine at 35 °C. Characterization with a combination of techniques including electron microscopy (EM), X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), and solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, evidences the formation of small (diameter of 1.3 nm) and amorphous NPs with an overall Ru<sub>50</sub>P<sub>50</sub> composition. Interestingly, these NPs can be easily immobilized on functional support materials, which is of great interest for potential applications in catalysis and electrocatalysis. Mo<sub>50</sub>P<sub>50</sub> and Co<sub>50</sub>P<sub>50</sub> NPs can also be synthesized following the same strategy. This approach is simple and versatile and paves the way toward the preparation of a wide range of transition metal phosphide nanoparticles under mild reaction conditions. %F PUB:(DE-HGF)16 %9 Journal Article %$ 37768320 %U <Go to ISI:>//WOS:001094990200001 %R 10.1002/adma.202306621 %U https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/596085