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REVIEW article
Front. Mater.
Sec. Structural Materials
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fmats.2025.1508000
The development and application of contemporary phosphorus flame retardants: A review
Provisionally accepted- 1 South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
- 2 Anhui University of science & technology, Huainan, Anhui, China
- 3 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
In modern society, Organophosphorus flame retardants, as a class of widely used materials, have been extensively studied and applied across various fields. The diversity and uniqueness of phosphorus flame retardant, as well as the important role of its mechanism of action in the gas phase and condensed phase, determine that it is a good flame retardant material. In addition, the article highlights the range of applications of phosphorus flame retardants in a variety of materials, including polymers, coatings, fibers, and more. At the same time, the importance and future prospects of phosphorus flame retardant research are pointed out, and the development idea of organophosphorus flame retardant is proposed through the development of phosphorus flame retardant with a new structure and the in-depth study of the properties of different aspects of phosphorus flame retardant, which can provide strong support for the development of flame retardant technology.
Keywords: Phosphorus flame retardant, gas phase, Condensed phase, Fiber, Carbon material (CM)
Received: 08 Oct 2024; Accepted: 17 Mar 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Yin, Jiang and Wu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Zheng Yin, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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