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Chemistry Nobel Hails Work on Batteries That Changed Society
- Goodenough, Whittingham, Yoshino key to lithium-ion batteries
- Devices from mobile phones to electric cars made possible
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to a trio of pioneers of the modern lithium-ion battery, which is revolutionizing everything from mobile phones to the future of the global car industry.
The prize went to M. Stanley Whittingham, a British-American professor at the State University of New York at Binghamton; Japan’s Akira Yoshino, of Asahi Kasei Corp. and Meijo University; and German-born John Goodenough, professor at the University of Texas.