Adolf Goetzberger (born 29 November 1928 in Munich) is a German

physicist A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate cau ...

Life

Goetzberger studied physic in

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and ...

, Germany. He finished his university studies with a work over ''Über die Kristallisation aufgedampfter Antimonschichten''. He worked together with William Shockley in Palo Alto, California and for company

Bell Labs Nokia Bell Labs, originally named Bell Telephone Laboratories (1925–1984), then AT&T Bell Laboratories (1984–1996) and Bell Labs Innovations (1996–2007), is an American industrial research and scientific development company owned by mul ...

. In 1981, Goetzberger founded Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in

Freiburg im Breisgau Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as o ...

Awards

J J Ebers Award The J. J. Ebers Award was established in 1971 to foster progress in electron devices. It commemorates Jewell James Ebers, whose contributions, particularly to transistors, shaped the understanding and technology of electron devices. It is presen ...

* European Inventor Award * Doctor honoris by University of Freiburg, 1971 * honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Science and Technology at Uppsala University,

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, 1995 * Karl Boer medaille, 1997 *

Becquerel Prize The Becquerel Prize is a prize to honour scientific, technical or managerial merits in the field of photovoltaic solar energy. It has been established in 1989 by the European Commission at the occasion of the 150th anniversary of a groundbreaking ex ...

, 1997 * William R. Cherry Award, 1997 * Einstein Award, 2006 * European Solar Award, 2009 * Officers Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany *

Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg (german: link=no, Verdienstorden des Landes Baden-Württemberg) is the highest award of the German State of Baden-Württemberg. Established 26 November 1974, it was originally called the Medal of Merit of Bad ...

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Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE: Solarpionier und Gründer des Fraunhofer ISE feiert 83. Geburtstag
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Agrivoltaic Agrivoltaics, agrophotovoltaics, agrisolar, or dual-use solar is the simultaneous use of areas of land for both solar photovoltaic power generation and agriculture. The coexistence of solar panels and crops implies a sharing of light between these ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Goetzberger, Adolf 20th-century German physicists 21st-century German physicists 1928 births Living people People associated with solar power Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Recipients of the Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg Scientists from Munich German expatriates in the United States