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Did you know? M. Stanley Whittingham developed the first working lithium-ion battery in 1976. Because lithium is so light and reactive, you can store a lot of energy in a small volume. Whittingham, Goodenough and Yoshino received the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for it — over 40 years later.

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M. Stanley Whittingham developed the first working lithium-ion battery in 1976. Because lithium is so light and reactive, you can store a lot of energy in a small volume. Whittingham, Goodenough and Yoshino received the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for it — over 40 years later.

M. Stanley Whittingham ontwikkelde in 1976 de eerste werkende lithium-ion batterij. Doordat lithium zo licht en reactief is, kun je veel energie in een klein volume opslaan. Whittingham, Goodenough en Yoshino kregen er in 2019 — meer dan 40 jaar later — de Nobelprijs scheikunde voor.

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