Calvin Souther Fuller | |
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| Born | May 25, 1902 |
| Died | October 28, 1994 (aged 92) |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago, PhD |
| Known for | Invention of the solar cell |
| Awards | Elected to US National Inventors Hall of Fame, May 2, 2008, for invention of the "Silicon Solar Cell" along with Daryl Chapin and Gerald Pearson.
Elected to New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame, June 22, 2006, for Development of the Semiconductor Photovoltaic Solar Cell. Winner of Alfred Krupp Award, Heidelberg University, Germany. Received the John Price Wetherill Medal in 1963. |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physical Chemistry |
| Institutions | AT&T Bell Laboratories |
Calvin Souther Fuller (May 25, 1902 – October 28, 1994) was an American physical chemist at AT&T Bell Laboratories where he worked for 37 years from 1930 to 1967. Fuller was part of a team in basic research that found answers to physical challenges. He helped develop synthetic rubber during World War II, he was involved in early experiments of zone melting, he is credited with devising the method of transistor production yielding diffusion transistors, he produced some of the first solar cells with high efficiency, and he researched polymers and their applications.