Named winners of the Nobel prize in chemistry
John Goodenough, Stanley Wittingham and Akira Yoshino won the Nobel prize in chemistry for the year 2019 for the development of lithium-ion batteries.
"These lightweight, rechargeable and powerful batteries are currently used in everything from mobile phones and laptops, similarly to electric cars. They have the ability to save a significant number of energy from renewable sources from solar and wind, " said the Nobel Committee of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
in the last few years has foreseen the award of the Nobel prize to the developers of lithium-ion batteries.
The award ceremony will be held in Stockholm on 10 December, the day of the death of Swedish entrepreneur and inventor Alfred Nobel (1833-1896).
The amount of each Nobel prize this year is nine million Swedish crowns (more than 900 thousand US dollars).
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