Le scoperte in questo settore sono valse il Premio Nobel per la Chimica 2019 a John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham e Akira Yoshino
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry are awarded to John Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino “for the development of lithium-ion batteries”. Through their work, they have created the right conditions for a wireless and fossil fuel-free society, and so brought the greatest benefit to humankind.