John Goodenough, Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino have developed lithium batteries, which are now used in many everyday technologies.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday (October 9th) honored the American John Goodenough, the British Stanley Whittingham and the Japanese Akira Yoshino for the invention of lithium batteries, now present in many everyday technologies.
"This type of lightweight, rechargeable and powerful battery is now used everywhere, in phones and computers and electric vehicles. It can also conserve significant amounts of solar and wind energy, paving the way for a society free of fossil fuels "explained the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, which awards the prize.
The 2019 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to John B. Goodenough, Mr. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino … https://t.co/WWF3ZTV4xh
John Goodenough, born in 1922 in Jena, Germany, made his career at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. Stanley Whittingham, born in 1941 in the United Kingdom, is attached to Binghamton University in New York State. Akira Yoshino, born in Suita, Japan, in 1948, works for the universities of Tokyo and Meijo, Nagoya.
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