Chemie-Nobelpreis für Forschung an Lithium-Ionen-Akkus

Welt / 09.10.2019 • 22:48 Uhr / 3 Minuten Lesezeit

John Goodenough ist mit 97 Jahren der älteste Nobelpreisträger überhaupt. AFP

Stockholm Für die Entwicklung besonders leistungsfähiger Batterien bekommen drei Forscher den diesjährigen Nobelpreis für Chemie. Der US-Amerikaner John Goodenough, der in Großbritannien geborene Stanley Whittingham und der Japaner Akira Yoshino seien entscheidend an der Entstehung von Lithium-Ionen-Batterien beteiligt gewesen, teilte die Königlich-Schwedische Akademie der Wissenschaften am Mittwoch in Stockholm mit. Die leichten, wiederaufladbaren und starken Batterien werden in zahlreichen Alltagsprodukten eingesetzt, etwa Handys, Laptops, Digitalkameras und Elektro-Fahrzeugen. Goodenough, der 1922 in Jena als Sohn US-amerikanischer Eltern zur Welt kam, ist mit 97 Jahren der älteste Nobelpreisträger überhaupt.

Lithium-Ionen-Batterien könnten große Mengen an Solar- und Windenergie speichern und machten so eine Welt frei von fossilen Kraftstoffen möglich, teilte die Königlich-Schwedische Akademie weiter mit.

This this May 27, 2015 photo provided by Binghamton University, Professor M. Stanley Whittingham poses for a portrait in Vestal, N.Y. Whittingham is among three scientists who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019, for their work leading to the development of lithium-ion batteries. He shares the prize with John B. Goodenough, a German-born engineering professor at the University of Texas, and Japan's Akira Yoshino, of Asahi Kasei Corporation and Meijo University. (Jonathan Cohen/Binghamton University via AP) — This this May 27, 2015 photo provided by Binghamton University, Professor M. Stanley Whittingham poses for a portrait in Vestal, N.Y. Whittingham is among three scientists who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019, for their work leading to the development of lithium-ion batteries. He shares the prize with John B. Goodenough, a German-born engineering professor at the University of Texas, and Japan’s Akira Yoshino, of Asahi Kasei Corporation and Meijo University. (Jonathan Cohen/Binghamton University via AP)

Asahi Kasei honorary fellow Akira Yoshino, 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan October 9, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato

TOPSHOT - American professor and solid-state physicist, John Goodenough, one of three winners of the Nobel Chemistry Prize, attends a press conference at The Royal Society in London on October 9, 2019. - Three researchers won the Nobel Chemistry Prize on Wednesday for the development of lithium-ion batteries, paving the way for smartphones and a fossil fuel-free society. John Goodenough of the United States -- at 97 the oldest person to be awarded a Nobel prize -- Britain's Stanley Whittingham, and Japan's Akira Yoshino will share the nine million Swedish kronor (about $914,000 or 833,000 euros) prize equally, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP) — TOPSHOT – American professor and solid-state physicist, John Goodenough, one of three winners of the Nobel Chemistry Prize, attends a press conference at The Royal Society in London on October 9, 2019. – Three researchers won the Nobel Chemistry Prize on Wednesday for the development of lithium-ion batteries, paving the way for smartphones and a fossil fuel-free society. John Goodenough of the United States — at 97 the oldest person to be awarded a Nobel prize — Britain’s Stanley Whittingham, and Japan’s Akira Yoshino will share the nine million Swedish kronor (about $914,000 or 833,000 euros) prize equally, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)

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