The Lithium-ion Battery: Two Breakthroughs in Development and Two Reasons for the Nobel Prize

The lithium-ion battery was the subject of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and the author received the prize together with Prof. John B. Goodenough and Prof. M. Stanley Whittingham. The author believes it is very significant that he received the prize as a researcher in industry. Research on the lithium-ion battery is described from its inception to the receipt of the Nobel Prize considering the style of research in industry.

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This article describes the research journey of the lithium-ion battery and emphasizes the significance of the author, an industrial researcher, receiving the Nobel Prize.