Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019
© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: A. Mahmoud
John B. Goodenough
Prize share: 1/3
© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: A. Mahmoud
M. Stanley Whittingham
Prize share: 1/3
© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: A. Mahmoud
Akira Yoshino
Prize share: 1/3
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 was awarded jointly to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino "for the development of lithium-ion batteries"
Nobel Prizes and laureates
Fifteen laureates were awarded in 2019, for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind.
Their work and discoveries range from how cells adapt to changes in levels of oxygen to our ability to fight global poverty.
See them all presented here.
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