17.05.22 – Professor Michael Grätzel at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Porto. One of the most important researchers in chemistry of our time, Professor Michael Grätzel will receive an honorary … Continue reading →
10.05.22 – Professor Michael Grätzel at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences has been elected as a Foreign Member of the Royal Society. The Royal Society is “a self-governing Fellowship made up of the most eminent scientists, engineers and technologists from … Continue reading →
05.05.22 – Professor Gabor Laurenczy at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences has been elected as an External Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and has won the 2021 Rudolf Fabinyi Memorial Prize from the Hungarian Chemical Society. The Hungarian Academy … Continue reading →
04.05.22 – Scientists led by EPFL have developed a new method to measure chemical kinetics by imaging progress of a reaction at a liquid-liquid interface embedded in a laminar-flow liquid microjet. This method is ideal for studies of dynamics on … Continue reading →
03.05.22 – Scientists at EPFL have found a way to overcome power loss and the manufacturing complexity of scaling up perovskite solar cells. Perovskites are hybrid materials made from metal halides and organic compounds. They have attracted a lot of … Continue reading →
25.04.22 – Professor Thomas Rizzo has been awarded one of the three Advances in Measurement Science Lectureship Awards from the American Chemical Society. Co-sponsored by ACS Sensors, Analytical Chemistry, Journal of Proteome Research, and the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry, … Continue reading →
14.04.22 – Research.com, a prominent academic platform for scientists, has ranked Professor Michael Grätzel at EPFL first in the field of Chemistry for Switzerland and the world. Research.com is a leading academic research portal that publishes an annual ranking of … Continue reading →
12.04.22 – The in situ electro-conversion of an electrodeposited CuSCN film into Cu2O is reported to produce photocathodes with improved performance for solar hydrogen production. Cuprous oxide, Cu2O, is an inexpensive semiconductor material currently under investigation for the direct conversion … Continue reading →
04.04.22 – Writing in Nature Chemistry, three EPFL scientists propose an open platform for managing the vast amounts of diverse data produced in chemical research. Based on principles of accessibility, collaboration and efficiency, the proposed platform could be spearheaded by … Continue reading →
29.03.22 – A collaborative team of scientists led by Professor Michael Grätzel at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences have demonstrated a technique for producing perovskite photovoltaic materials on an industrial scale, which will reduce the cost and improve the performance … Continue reading →