Michael Grätzel

Full Professor, Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces

Professor of Physical Chemistry at the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Michael Graetzel, PhD, directs there the Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces. He pioneered research on energy and electron transfer reactions in mesoscopic systems and their use to generate electricity and fuels from sunlight. He invented mesoscopic injection solar cells, one key embodiment of which is the dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC).

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ScholarGPS Highly Ranked Scholar

Listed among the top-ranked scholars on ScholarGPS in physical sciences.

2025

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École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne

Publicly affiliated with École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne.

2025

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Chemistry

Recognized in ScholarGPS rankings for chemistry.

2025

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