NOBEL PRIZE
Nobel Prize Chemistry winners 2019
By Jordi Bou
October 9, 2019 - John B. Goodenough (USA), M. Stanley Whittingham (UK), and Akira Yoshino (JPN) share the Nobel Prize for the development of lithium-ion batteries.
“This lightweight, rechargeable and powerful battery is now used in everything from mobile phones to laptops and electric vehicles,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said in a statement on awarding the 9 million Swedish crown ($906,000) prize.