Stockholm:Three scientists on Wednesday were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their contributions to the development of lithium-ion batteries, which have reshaped energy storage and transformed cars, mobile phones and many other devices in an increasingly portable and electronic world.
The prize went to John B Goodenough of the University of Texas; M Stanley Whittingham of the the State University of New York at Binghamton; and Akira Yoshino of Asahi Kasei Corporation and Meijo University in Japan.
Goran Hansson, secretary-general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, said the prize was about "a rechargeable world'.
In a statement, the committee said that lithium-ion batteries 'have revolutionized our lives' and the laureates 'laid the foundation of a wireless, fossil-fuel-free society'.