Michael Grätzel wins the 2016 RSC Centenary award
Michael Grätzel wins the Centenary Award
The Centenary Prizes are awarded annually “to outstanding chemists who are also exceptional communicators”. The winners can be up to three international scientists who are invited to give lectures in the British Isles.
Professor Michael Grätzel, director of EPFL’s Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, is known worldwide for pioneering the field of molecular photovoltaics (the famous Grätzel cells) and energy- and electron-transfer reactions in mesoscopic systems in the context of solar electricity and fuels. He has also initiated research on storing electric power in mesoscopic lithium ion batteries.
Each winner of the Centenary Award will receive £5000, a medal, and a certificate, all to be presented at the RSC’s Prize ceremony in November 2016. The winners will then complete a lecture tour across the UK.