The development of the lithium-ion battery has won the chemistry Nobel Prize
Three scientists win for helping create the lightweight, rechargeable devices
![John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/100919_nobel_chemistry_1030.jpg?fit=1028%2C579&ssl=1)
Three scientists, John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino (from left), have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work on lithium-ion batteries.
From left: Cockrell School of Engineering/Univ. of Texas at Austin; Jonathan Cohen/Binghamton Univ.; Heinz Troll/European Patent Office