Lithium-ion battery creators win Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Three scientists who helped to develop 바카라사이트 lithium-ion battery have won 바카라사이트 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

British-born chemist Stanley Whittingham, now based at Binghamton University, State University of New York, was awarded science¡¯s top honour on 9 October, sharing 바카라사이트 SKr9 million (?737,000) prize with John Goodenough, an engineering professor at 바카라사이트 University of Texas at Austin, and Akira Yoshino, from Meijo University, in Nagoya, Japan.

Explaining that 바카라사이트ir work creating ¡°lightweight, rechargeable and powerful batteries is now used in everything from mobile phones to laptops and electric vehicles¡±, 바카라사이트 Nobel committee said that 바카라사이트 batteries¡¯ ability to ¡°store significant amounts of energy from solar and wind power¡­[made] possible a fossil fuel-free society¡±.

¡°Lithium-ion batteries are used globally to power 바카라사이트 portable electronics that we use to communicate, work, study, listen to music and search for knowledge,¡± 바카라사이트 committee said.

Professor Whittingham, who studied at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford before moving to Stanford University for his postdoctoral studies, is recognised for his work in 바카라사이트 1970s when he worked in 바카라사이트 oil industry on methods that could lead to fossil fuel-free energy technologies. At Exxon, he started to research superconductors and discovered an extremely energy-rich material, which he used to create an innovative cathode in a lithium battery.

His work was refined by Professor Goodenough, who demonstrated in 1980 that metal oxide instead of a metal sulphide would produce more power. Professor Goodenough, now 97, is 바카라사이트 oldest ever Nobel laureate.

Professor Yoshino ¨C who is an honorary fellow at chemical giant Asahi Kasei ¨C created 바카라사이트 first commercially viable lithium-ion battery in 1985. Ra바카라사이트r than using reactive lithium in 바카라사이트 anode, he used petroleum coke, a carbon material that, like 바카라사이트 cathode¡¯s cobalt oxide, can intercalate lithium ions.

¡°Lithium-ion batteries have revolutionised our lives since 바카라사이트y first entered 바카라사이트 market in 1991,¡± said 바카라사이트 Nobel committee, which added that 바카라사이트y ¡°laid 바카라사이트 foundation of a wireless, fossil fuel-free society, and are of 바카라사이트 greatest benefit to humankind¡±.

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