Progress in multifunctional properties of phosphorene polymeric nanocomposites: A review

In recent decades, 2-D nanomaterials (NMs) have forged the future of nanotechnological advancements in polymer nanocomposites and applications. Graphene (GN) has exhibited superiority amongst these NMs. However, the gapless disposition of GN restrains its applications, thereby instigating researchers to investigate possibilities of newer 2-D NMs. This has informed the emergence of newer 2-D NMs like MXene and most recently Phosphorene (P-N), which exhibit similar attributes with GN but with a more appropriate band gap. P-Nis an emerging 2-D NM, exhibiting reactivity, electronic structures, as well as band gap capable of varying in accordance with configurations, surfacial defects, variation of layers and doping. The functionalization of P-N has been achieved using varying strategies which have achieved sensitivity and stability and capable of being by varied using varying different passivation techniques, including doping as well as composite fabrication through inclusion with polymers, metallic oxides, metal - organic frameworks, noble metallic entities and so on. Therefore, this paper elucidates recently emerging advances in P-N@polymeric nanocomposites and applications.