The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded this week to three scientists for their work developing lithium-ion batteries. John Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino are this year’s recipients of the award. Without their work, every product from mobile phones to electric vehicles would not be possible. Interestingly, lithium-ion batteries were only introduced to the market in 1991. However, might solid state batteries some day be superior to lithium-ion? Solid state batteries are theoretically simpler and could be a lot cheaper. Among other companies, it seems Toyota is investing heavily in the development of solid state batteries. And although Dyson announced this week that the company is scrapping plans for an electric vehicle, it will continue to invest in the development of solid state batteries in addition to sensing technologies, visions systems, machine learning and AI according the Dyson’s founder, James Dyson.
Developers of Lithium-Ion Batteries Win Nobel Prize
