Michael Grätzel
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Michael Grätzel is a Swiss chemist best known for inventing dye-sensitized solar cells, a breakthrough in low-cost, efficient solar energy technology.
Aliases (1)
- Grätzel ×1
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Swiss scientist
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academic → chemist → |
| awardReceived |
2010 Millennium Technology Prize
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Albert Einstein World Award of Science → Balzan Prize → Faraday Medal → Millennium Technology Prize → Wolf Prize in Chemistry → |
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Switzerland
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| countryOfWork |
Switzerland
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| educatedAt |
Free University of Berlin
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| employer |
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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| familyName |
Grätzel
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| fieldOfWork |
chemistry
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nanotechnology → photochemistry → physical chemistry → solar energy → |
| gender |
male
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| givenName |
Michael
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| hasAcademicDiscipline |
chemistry
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| hasCitizenship |
Switzerland
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| hasResearchArea |
materials science
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renewable energy → |
| hasRole |
inventor of dye-sensitized solar cells
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| influenced |
development of third-generation solar cells
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| knownFor |
Grätzel cell
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dye-sensitized solar cell → research on energy conversion → research on photovoltaic systems → |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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German → |
| name |
Michael Grätzel
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| nationality |
Swiss
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| notableAchievement |
development of low-cost solar cell technology
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| notableConcept |
Grätzel cell
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| notableWork |
invention of dye-sensitized solar cells
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| occupation |
chemist
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university professor → |
| positionHeld |
professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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| researchInterest |
energy storage
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photoelectrochemistry → photovoltaics → solar cells → |
| workplace |
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Michael Grätzel
("Grätzel")
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familyName |
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Michael Grätzel
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Millennium Technology Prize
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notableLaureate |