{{Short description|German physicist (1928–2023)}} thumb|Image of Adolf Goetzberger {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} '''Adolf Goetzberger''' (29 November 1928 – 24 February 2023) was a German physicist.
== Life and career == Goetzberger studied physics in Munich, 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. In 1981, Goetzberger founded Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg im Breisgau.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.epo.org/learning-events/european-inventor/finalists/2009/goetzberger.html|title=The Sun God|first=European Patent|last=Office|website=www.epo.org}}</ref>
Goetzberger died on 24 February 2023, at the age of 94.<ref>{{cite news |title=Deutscher Solarpionier Adolf Goetzberger gestorben |url=https://science.apa.at/power-search/16526166364345438526 |access-date=1 March 2023 |publisher=APA |date=1 March 2023}}</ref>
== Awards == * J J Ebers Award * European Inventor Award * Doctor honoris by University of Freiburg, 1971 * Honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Science and Technology at Uppsala University, Sweden,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/traditions/prizes/honorary-doctorates/|title=Honorary doctorates – Uppsala University, Sweden|first=David|last=Naylor|website=www.uu.se|date=9 June 2023 }}</ref> 1995 * Karl Boer medal, 1997 * Becquerel Prize, 1997 * William R. Cherry Award, 1997 * Einstein Award, 2006 * European Solar Award, 2009 * Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany * Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
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== External links == * [https://www.ise.fraunhofer.de/de/presse-und-medien/presseinformationen/presseinformationen-2013/solarpionier-und-gruender-des-fraunhofer-ise-feiert-geburtstag Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE: Solarpionier und Gründer des Fraunhofer ISE feiert 83. Geburtstag] * Agrivoltaic
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