Nobel Prize in Chemistry-2019

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Question: For which of the following discovery, this year’s noble prize in chemistry has been given?
(a) for the development of lithium-ion batteries
(b) for the directed evolution of enzymes
(c) for developing cryo-electron microscopy
(d) for the design and synthesis of molecular machines
Answer: (a)
Related facts:

  • This year’s noble prize in chemistry has been given for the development of lithium-ion batteries.

Following scientists have been jointly awarded:

  • John B. Goodenough

The University of Texas at Austin, USA

  • M. Stanley Whittingham

Binghamton University, State University of New York, USA

  • Akira Yoshino

Asahi Kasei Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan

Prize amount: 9 million Swedish krona, to be shared equally between the Laureates.
A rechargeable world:

• The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 rewards the development of the lithium-ion battery.
• This lightweight, rechargeable and powerful battery is now used in everything from mobile phones to laptops and electric vehicles.
• It can also store significant amounts of energy from solar and wind power, making possible a fossil fuel-free society.
• Lithium-ion batteries are used globally to power the portable electronics that we use to communicate, work, study, listen to music and search for knowledge.
• Lithium ion batteries have also enabled the development of long-range electric cars and the storage of energy from renewable sources, such as solar and wind power.
• The foundation of the lithium-ion battery was laid during the oil crisis in the 1970s.

Links:
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2019/prize-announcement/
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2019/press-release/