RTL - Nobelpräis an der Chimie: Ausgezeechent fir hir Aarbecht u Lithium-Ione-Batterien

Den Nobelpräis an der Chimie geet un den Amerikaner John B. Goodenough, de Britt M. Stanley Whittingham an de Japaner Akira Yoshino.

Si gi geéiert fir hir Aarbecht an der Entwécklung vun de Lithium-Ione-Batterien.

Watch the very moment the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is announced.

Presented by Göran K. Hansson, Secretary General of The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.#NobelPrize pic.twitter.com/PM8X2S3Zy4
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 9, 2019

This year’s #NobelPrize laureate Akira Yoshino succeeded in eliminating pure lithium from the battery, instead basing it wholly on lithium ions, which are safer than pure lithium. This made the battery workable in practice. pic.twitter.com/9tqSh5zTsS
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 9, 2019

Lithium-ion batteries have revolutionised our lives and are used in everything from mobile phones to laptops and electric vehicles. Through their work, this year’s Chemistry Laureates have laid the foundation of a wireless, fossil fuel-free society.#NobelPrize pic.twitter.com/KXVfXlUT4B
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 9, 2019