“…Due to the charge transfer between M 2+ and [PX 3 ] 2− and according to the Goodenough-Kanamori rule, MPX 3 are layered antiferromagnetic (AFM) materials [31][32][33], which magnetic state, however, can be changed either by adsorption or intercalation of different materials [34][35][36][37], or by doping [32,38], thus, opening wide perspectives for the application of these materials in spintronics and optical sensing. These materials are interesting due to the wide range of exciting properties ranging from the materials discovery of different compositions [39][40][41][42], observation of the tunable low-dimensional magnetism [37,[43][44][45], low-dimensional ferroelectricity [46,47] to possible application in Li-and Mg-ion batteries [48][49][50], as a hydrogen storage material [51,52], in water splitting applications [53][54][55] and in production of tunable free-electron x-ray radiation sources [56]. The present review focusses on the consideration of electronic and magnetic properties of MPX 3 materials, where only 3d-ions as M and S, Se as chalcogens are considered, however, trying to avoid the description of the possible applications aspects.…”