The Becquerel Prize for outstanding Merits in Photovoltaics

A highlight of the 24th EU PVSEC was the presentation of the Becquerel Prize, first awarded by the European Commission in 1989 to mark the 150th anniversary of the discovery of the photovoltaic effect by the Frenchman Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel.

The Awarded International Personalities 1989-2008

1989 Prof. Roger Van Overstraeten
1991 Prof. Werner Bloss
1992 Prof. Antonio Luque
1994 Dr. Morton Prince
1995 Dr. Karlheinz Krebs
1997 Prof. Adolf Götzberger
1998 Dr. Walter Sandtner
2000 Mr. Frederick C. Treble
2001 Prof. Viacheslav Andreev
2003 Dr. Wolfgang Palz
2004 Prof. Masafumi Yamaguchi
2005 Prof. Joachim Luther
2006 Dr. Dieter Bonnet
2006 Dr. Richard M. Swanson
2007 Prof. Arvind Shah
2008 Mechtild Rothe
2009 Dr. Andreas W. Bett