The Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to John Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino for the development of lithium-ion batteries. Their work, over several decades, resulted in a portable power source that created a technology revolution.
Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson talks with Amanda Morris, associate professor of energy chemistry at Virginia Tech.
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