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Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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- The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to
- John B Goodenough of the University of Texas
- M Stanley Whittingham of the State University of New York at Binghamton
- Akira Yoshino of Asahi Kasei Corporation and Meijo University in Japan
- They were awarded for the development of the lithium-ion battery, which "laid the foundation of a wireless, fossil fuel-free society."
- The foundation of the lithium-ion battery was laid during the oil crisis of the 1970s.
- M Stanley Whittingham discovered an energy-rich material called titanium disulphide, which he used to make a cathode.
- It is the positive terminal in a lithium battery.
- Sony released the first commercial lithium-ion batteries in 1991, based on Yoshino's configuration.
- At the age of 97, Professor John B Goodenough is the oldest ever Nobel laureate.
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