Antonio Luque

<p>Antonio Luque López (born <a href="/facts/M%25C3%25A1laga/9lpQKS8w">Málaga</a>, 15 August 1941) is a Spanish scientist and entrepreneur in the field of <a href="/facts/Photovoltaics/5Xefaayl">photovoltaic solar energy</a>. In 1979 he founded the <a href="https://www.ies.upm.es/">Institute of Solar Energy</a> of the <a href="/facts/Technical_University_of_Madrid/mdnAUmd4">Technical University of Madrid</a> (IES-UPM) and was its director till his retirement in 2017; he is currently its honorary president as well as <a href="/facts/Emeritus_Professor/3hyP5zYf">professor emeritus</a> in this university. He invented the <a href="/facts/Bifacial_solar_cells/2hrIRsFM">bifacial solar cell</a> in the late 1970s, today one of the mainstream solar cell technologies, and founded <a href="/facts/Isofoton/UXHbu3Uq">Isofoton</a> in 1981 for its industrial production. He is, arguably, one of the fathers of the science and technology of <a href="/facts/Concentrator_photovoltaics/zW6W1IRv">concentrator photovoltaics</a> and has been active in the research and development of high-efficiency photovoltaic conversion devices, inventing the <a href="/facts/Intermediate_band_photovoltaics/HvLlYbTG">intermediate band solar cell</a>.
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Antonio Luque