Thank the Nobel prize winners for your mobile phone

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Start a lesson with the Nobel prize-winning chemistry involved in lithium-ion batteries

The Nobel prize for chemistry has been awarded to three scientists for their work on lithium-ion batteries. Without their discoveries, mobile phones and electric vehicles might never have made it into our hands and onto our roads. This article comes with a summary slide and questions to introduce the topic in your classroom with 14–16 students. 

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