Which scientists won the Nobel Prize for lithium-ion batteries?

　　On October 9, 2019, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Professor John B. Goodenough from the University of Texas at Austin, Professor M. Stanley Whittingham from the State University of New York at Binghamton, and Akira Yoshino, a Japanese chemist. In recognition of its great contribution to the development of lithium-ion batteries.

　　At this point, the winners of lithium batteries that have received much attention for many years have been settled, and here is only a brief summary description of their awards.

　　Professor M. Stanley Whittingham’s contribution was the discovery of the intercalation lithium storage compound TiS2 for the first time, and the construction of a metal lithium secondary battery prototype using this as a positive electrode. His pioneering work inspired future generations to search for embedded lithium storage cathode materials based on the layered structure.

　　Professor John B. Goodenough’s contribution is to propose that the world’s first lithium-containing intercalation is transition metal oxide lithium cobalt oxide, which provides a practical positive electrode for the realization of the concept of rocking chair lithium-ion batteries in the future.

　　The contribution of Professor Akira Yoshino, a Japanese chemist, is the realization of the electrochemical reversibility of carbon materials (petroleum coke) in organic liquid electrolyte for the first time, and on this basis, the world’s first commercialized lithium-ion battery was completed in cooperation with Sony’s scientists.

　　Lithium-ion battery (LIB) has become the main energy storage solution in modern social life. Among them, lithium iron phosphate batteries are a perfect substitute for lead-acid batteries and are the first choice in the energy storage industry.