Michael Grätzel

Michael Grätzel (born 11 May 1944)[3] is a German chemist.

Michael Grätzel
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Born (1944-05-11) 11 May 1944 (age 80)
NationalitySwiss
Alma materFreie Universität Berlin
Known forDye-sensitized solar cells
AwardsHarvey Prize (2007)
Balzan Prize (2009)
Millennium Technology Prize (2010)
Albert Einstein World Award of Science (2012)
Marcel Benoist Prize (2013)
King Faisal International Prize (2015)
Global Energy Prize (2017)
Scientific career
Fieldsphotochemistry
InstitutionsÉcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Notable studentsHenry Snaith (postdoc)[1][2]
Websitelpi.epfl.ch/graetzel

Grätzel is a professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne where he directs the Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces. He worked on energy and electron transfer reactions. He co-invented the Grätzel cell in 1988 and created the use of nanomaterials in lithium ion batteries.[1][4][5][6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Snaith, H. J.; Moule, A. J.; Klein, C. D.; Meerholz, K.; Friend, R. H.; Grätzel, M. (2007). "Efficiency Enhancements in Solid-State Hybrid Solar Cells via Reduced Charge Recombination and Increased Light Capture". Nano Letters. 7 (11): 3372–3376. Bibcode:2007NanoL...7.3372S. doi:10.1021/nl071656u. PMID 17918905.
  2. Anon (2013). "365 days: Nature's 10, Ten people who mattered this year". Nature. 504 (7480): 357–365. doi:10.1038/504357a. PMID 24352276. S2CID 4463808.
  3. Pete Pokkinen: Huippututkija harkitsi nuorena pianistin uraa. Helsingin Sanomat, 10.6.2010, p. B7. (in Finnish)
  4. "Millennium Technology Prize: PROFESSOR MICHAEL GRÄTZEL: DEVELOPER OF DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS". Archived from the original on 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
  5. Dye-Sensitized Titanium Dioxide Archived 2010-11-25 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Graetzel, M. (1981). "Artificial photosynthesis: Water cleavage into hydrogen and oxygen by visible light". Accounts of Chemical Research. 14 (12): 376–384. doi:10.1021/ar00072a003.