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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Switzerland Leader Award
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  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2020 - BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
  • 2016 - Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 2014 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Chemistry
  • 2011 - Paul Karrer Gold Medal, University of Zurich
  • 2009 - International Balzan Prize
  • 2009 - Luigi Galvani Medal, Italian Chemical Society (Società Chimica Italiana)
  • 2001 - Faraday Medal, Electrochemistry Group, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

Michael Grätzel is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and materials science, with significant contributions in the subfields of electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, polymers and plastics, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

The main topics explored in their work include perovskite materials and applications, conducting polymers and their applications, quantum dots synthesis and properties, chalcogenide semiconductor thin films, advanced photocatalysis techniques, solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography, and TiO₂ photocatalysis and solar cells.

Grätzel's recent papers emphasize developments in perovskite solar cells and related materials. Notable publications include:

  • Pseudo-halide anion engineering for α-FAPbI3 perovskite solar cells, 2021, Nature
  • Consensus statement for stability assessment and reporting for perovskite photovoltaics based on ISOS procedures, 2020, Nature Energy
  • Vapor-assisted deposition of highly efficient, stable black-phase FAPbI₃ perovskite solar cells, 2020, Science
  • Low-loss contacts on textured substrates for inverted perovskite solar cells, 2023, Nature
  • Hydroxamic acid pre-adsorption raises the efficiency of cosensitized solar cells, 2022, Nature

Frequent coauthors in Grätzel's publications include Shaik M. Zakeeruddin, Felix T. Eickemeyer, Anders Hagfeldt, Jovana V. Milić, and Ursula Röthlisberger.

The scientist has contributed significantly to several publication venues, with numerous works published in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • ACS Energy Letters
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Nature
  • Advanced Materials

Among the awards received by Grätzel are the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2020), Centenary Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) (2016), membership in the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (2014) in chemistry, the Paul Karrer Gold Medal from the University of Zurich (2011), the Luigi Galvani Medal from the Italian Chemical Society (2009), the International Balzan Prize (2009), and the Faraday Medal from the Electrochemistry Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) (2001).

Best Publications

  • A low-cost, high-efficiency solar cell based on dye-sensitized colloidal TiO2 films

    Brian O'Regan;Brian O'Regan;Michael Grätzel

  • Photoelectrochemical cells : Materials for clean energy

    Michael Grätzel

  • Sequential deposition as a route to high-performance perovskite-sensitized solar cells

    Julian Burschka;Norman Pellet;Norman Pellet;Soo-Jin Moon;Robin Humphry-Baker

  • Lead Iodide Perovskite Sensitized All-Solid-State Submicron Thin Film Mesoscopic Solar Cell with Efficiency Exceeding 9%

    Hui-Seon Kim;Chang-Ryul Lee;Jeong-Hyeok Im;Ki Beom Lee

  • Long-Range Balanced Electron- and Hole-Transport Lengths in Organic-Inorganic CH3NH3PbI3

    Guichuan Xing;Nripan Mathews;Shuangyong Sun;Swee Sien Lim

  • Porphyrin-Sensitized Solar Cells with Cobalt (II/III)–Based Redox Electrolyte Exceed 12 Percent Efficiency

    Aswani Yella;Hsuan-Wei Lee;Hoi Nok Tsao;Chenyi Yi

  • Hydrophobic, Highly Conductive Ambient-Temperature Molten Salts

    Pierre Bonhôte;Ana-Paula Dias;Nicholas Papageorgiou;Kuppuswamy Kalyanasundaram

  • Cesium-containing triple cation perovskite solar cells: improved stability, reproducibility and high efficiency

    Michael Saliba;Taisuke Matsui;Ji Youn Seo;Konrad Domanski

  • Dye-sensitized solar cells with 13% efficiency achieved through the molecular engineering of porphyrin sensitizers

    Simon Mathew;Aswani Yella;Peng Gao;Robin Humphry-Baker

  • Solid-state dye-sensitized mesoporous TiO2 solar cells with high photon-to-electron conversion efficiencies

    U. Bach;D. Lupo;P. Comte;J. E. Moser

  • Solar energy conversion by dye-sensitized photovoltaic cells

    Michael Grätzel

  • Incorporation of rubidium cations into perovskite solar cells improves photovoltaic performance

    Michael Saliba;Taisuke Matsui;Taisuke Matsui;Konrad Domanski;Ji-Youn Seo

  • Low-temperature solution-processed wavelength-tunable perovskites for lasing

    Guichuan Xing;Nripan Mathews;Swee Sien Lim;Natalia Yantara

  • Combined Experimental and DFT-TDDFT Computational Study of Photoelectrochemical Cell Ruthenium Sensitizers

    Mohammad K. Nazeeruddin;Filippo De Angelis;Simona Fantacci;Annabella Selloni

  • Engineering of Efficient Panchromatic Sensitizers for Nanocrystalline TiO2-Based Solar Cells

    Mohammad K. Nazeeruddin;Peter Péchy;Thierry Renouard;Shaik M. Zakeeruddin

  • A hole-conductor-free, fully printable mesoscopic perovskite solar cell with high stability

    Anyi Mei;Xiong Li;Linfeng Liu;Zhiliang Ku

  • Efficient inorganic–organic hybrid heterojunction solar cells containing perovskite compound and polymeric hole conductors

    Jin Hyuck Heo;Sang Hyuk Im;Jun Hong Noh;Tarak N. Mandal

  • Recent advances in sensitized mesoscopic solar cells.

    Michael Grätzel

  • Conversion of sunlight to electric power by nanocrystalline dye-sensitized solar cells

    Michael Grätzel

  • The light and shade of perovskite solar cells

    Michael Grätzel

  • Dye-sensitized Solar Cells

    Michael Grätzel

Frequent Co-Authors

Shaik M. Zakeeruddin
Shaik M. Zakeeruddin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Anders Hagfeldt
Anders Hagfeldt Uppsala University
Jacques-E. Moser
Jacques-E. Moser École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Jun-Ho Yum
Jun-Ho Yum École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Jingshan Luo
Jingshan Luo Nankai University
M. Ibrahim Dar
M. Ibrahim Dar University of Cambridge
Thomas Moehl
Thomas Moehl University of Zurich
Michael Saliba
Michael Saliba University of Stuttgart
Tomás Torres
Tomás Torres Autonomous University of Madrid

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