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Who Really Invented the Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery?

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Fifty years after the birth of the rechargeable lithium-ion battery, it’s easy to see its value. Did Exxon invent the rechargeable lithium battery? Stanley Whittingham [from left] shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The battery’s performance was also unprecedented: It was both rechargeable and very high in energy output.