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Chinese Journal of Nature ›› 2019, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (6): 407-413.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-9608.2019.06.003

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Three “godfathers” of lithium battery win the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

LIU Yang①, LIU Wenbo①②, ZHENG Feng①, YAN Wei①, ZHANG Jiujun①   

  1. ①Institute for Sustainable Energy/College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China; ②School of Materials Science
    & Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
  • Received:2019-11-18 Online:2019-12-20 Published:2019-12-20

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Abstract: To enjoy the convenience of mobile phones, cameras, laptops, electromobiles, etc. in the rapid developing society, efficient energy storage are desired to power them. As one type of the efficient energy storage technologies, lithium battery with high battery voltage and high energy density, which has already contributed to improving our lives, will continue to do so in the years to come. The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to three scientists in lithium battery. The reputation for the three “godfathers” is deserved, and it is also a spur to further development of lithium batteries.

Key words: John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, Akira Yoshino, lithium-ion battery, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry