What groundbreaking work led to the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry?

[DrClaude]

TL;DR

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 was awarded jointly to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino "for the development of lithium-ion batteries."

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2019/summary/

 

[Ygggdrasil]

It's about time! At 97 years old, Goodenough is the oldest individual to win the Nobel Prize.

 

[TeethWhitener]

It's about time! At 97 years old, Goodenough is the oldest individual to win the Nobel Prize.

Yeah that was a buzzer beater. Congrats to the laureates and well-deserved.

 

[atyy]

I learned about Goodenough when I was a postdoc at Austin. It's work I admire. Congrats to all the laureates!