Research Project
Nazione Switzerland/Germany Anno 2009
Michael Grätzel
2009 Balzan Prize for the Science of New Materials
For his many contributions to the science of new materials, and in particular for his invention and development of a new type of photovoltaic solar cell, the dye-sensitized Cell, commonly known as the Grätzel cell.
Excerpt from The Balzan Prizewinners’ Research Projects: An Overview 2020