M. Stanley Whittingham

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M. Stanley Whittingham

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M. Stanley Whittingham
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019

Born: 22 December 1941, United Kingdom

Affiliation at the time of the award: Binghamton University, State University of New York, New York, NY, USA

Prize motivation: "for the development of lithium-ion batteries."

Prize share: 1/3

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