The author of 《Ferrocenylethenyl-substituted oxadiazoles with phenolic and nitro anchors as sensitizers in dye sensitized solar cells》 were Singh, Amita; Kociok-Kohn, Gabriele; Trivedi, Manoj; Chauhan, Ratna; Kumar, Abhinav; Gosavi, Suresh W.; Terashima, Chiaki; Fujishima, Akira. And the article was published in New Journal of Chemistry in 2019. Name: Ethyl oxalyl monochloride The author mentioned the following in the article:
Three new ferrocenyl oxadiazoles, viz. (E)-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-5-(2-ferrocenyl-ethen-1-yl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole (D2), (E)-2-(4-nitrophenyl)-5-(2-ferrocenyl-ethen-1-yl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole (D3) and (E)-3-(4-nitrophenyl)-5-[5-(2-ferroceneylethen-1-yl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl]-1,2,4-oxadiazole (D4) derived from (E)-3-ferrocenylacrylic acid (D1) having phenolic or nitro anchors, were synthesized and characterized using microanalyses and relevant spectroscopic techniques. UV-visible spectroscopic studies indicate that with respect to ferrocene, the electronic absorption bands of the new compounds are bathochromically shifted up to 600 nm with a concomitant enhancement in their intensities. All four compounds were used as photosensitizers in TiO2-based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The photovoltaic performances and charge transport properties (EIS spectra) of these compounds were studied to appraise their dye performance. All four compounds displayed good photovoltaic performances. However, compounds D2 and D4 displayed superior performance, which might be due to the better electronic communication between the ferrocenyl moiety and the six membered aromatic ring with their -OH/NO2 anchors having five membered oxadiazole spacers, as well as the high dye loading of these compounds on the TiO2 surface, which suppresses charge recombination, prolongs electron lifetime, and decreases the total resistance of DSSCs. The assembly fabricated using D4 performed better with an overall conversion efficiency η of 4.70%, Jsc of 10.33 mA cm-2 and Voc of -0.712 V. In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, Ethyl oxalyl monochloride(cas: 4755-77-5Name: Ethyl oxalyl monochloride)
Ethyl oxalyl monochloride(cas: 4755-77-5) belongs to acyl chlorides. In the laboratory, acyl chlorides are generally prepared by treating carboxylic acids with thionyl chloride (SOCl2). The reaction is catalyzed by dimethylformamide and other additives.Name: Ethyl oxalyl monochloride
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