Why have lithium–ion batteries just won the chemistry Nobel prize?
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Jamie Durrani2019-10-09T15:51:00
The 2019 Nobel prize was awarded to pioneers of rechargeable battery tech – here’s what you need to know
John Goodenough, Akira Yoshino and Stanley Whittingham have been awarded the 2019 Nobel prize in chemistry ‘for the development of lithium–ion batteries’. So what are lithium-ion batteries? How do they work? And why are they so vital to everything from your mobile phone to powering a greener future?