Nobel Prize 2019 for Chemistry awarded to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino for work on Lithium Ion Batteries
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to 3 scientists in the field of chemistry.
Simultaneously, John B. Goodenough, born in 1922 in Jena, Germany, speculated that the cathode capacity would have been even greater if it had been made using metal oxide instead of metal sulfide. Goodenough (97) has become the oldest Nobel laureate.
Simultaneously, John B. Goodenough, born in 1922 in Jena, Germany, speculated that the cathode capacity would have been even greater if it had been made using metal oxide instead of metal sulfide. Goodenough (97) has become the oldest Nobel laureate.
The Royal Swedish Academy of
Sciences on Wednesday awarded three scientists the 2019 Nobel Prize in the
field of chemistry for the development of lithium-ion batteries. John B.
Goodenough of the University of Texas at Austin, M. Stanley Whittingham of
Binghamton University and Akira Yoshino of Mizo University will receive 9
million Swedish kronor ($ 912,000) as prizes, which they will distribute
equally. According to a press release issued here, three scientists created a
rechargeable world, on the basis of which they have been honored.
The press release states,
"This light, rechargeable and powerful battery is now used in everything
from mobile phones to laptops and electric vehicles." According to the
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, M. Stanley Whittingham, born in 1941 in
Britain, worked on developing methods that enabled the development of fossil
fuel-free energy technologies.
The press release stated,
'The foundations of lithium-ion batteries were laid during the oil crisis in
the 1970s. He began research on superconductors and discovered an extremely
energy-rich material, which he used to make an advanced cathode in lithium
batteries.'
Simultaneously, Goodenough,
born in 1922 in Jena, Germany, speculated that the cathode capacity would have
been even greater if it had been made using metal oxide instead of metal
sulfide. Goodenough (97) has become the oldest Nobel laureate.
Born in 1948 in Suita,
Japan, Akira Yoshino made the first commercially capable lithium-ion battery in
1985, based on Goodenough's cathode. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded by
the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes
awarded in memory of Alfred Nobel.
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