Lithium ion Nobel Prize shows how individual brainstorms add up to world-transforming innovations
- Written by Amy Prieto, Professor of Chemistry, Colorado State University
Lithium ion batteries store large amounts of power in small battery cells that can be recharged.Mile Atanasov
Nobel Prizes in Chemistry seem to rotate between novel compounds, revolutionary measurement techniques, and insights into how atoms can be combined to form new molecules and solids. This year, however, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was...