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Los 10 inventores más influyentes en energía y clima

Diez tecnologías de energía física distinguidas por su adopción, cambio de categoría o potencial a escala de infraestructura.

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    Retrato de M. Stanley Whittingham

    United Kingdom · United States

    M. Stanley Whittingham

    Rechargeable lithium-ion battery

    The Nobel Prize credits his work as the first functional lithium battery and a starting point for the rechargeable-battery revolution.

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  2. 02
    Retrato de Akira Yoshino

    Japan

    Akira Yoshino

    Rechargeable lithium-ion battery

    The Nobel Prize recognized his lithium-ion-battery development and its role in portable electronics and electric vehicles.

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  3. 03
    Retrato de Masato Sagawa

    Japan

    Masato Sagawa

    Neodymium-iron-boron permanent magnet

    Neodymium-iron-boron magnets are crucial to a wide range of high-tech applications.

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  4. 04
    Martin Green - Scientia Professor Martin Green

    Australia

    Martin Green

    Passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC) solar-cell technology

    PERC is documented as widely adopted across commercial solar manufacturing.

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    Retrato de Michael Grätzel

    Germany · Switzerland

    Michael Grätzel

    Dye-sensitized solar cell

    The Grätzel cell launched a new photovoltaic technology.

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    Retrato de Olga Malinkiewicz

    Poland

    Olga Malinkiewicz

    Inkjet-printed flexible perovskite solar cells

    Her flexible perovskite solar cells won both the 2024 SMEs award and the Popular Prize.

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    Jeff Dahn - Retrato de Jeff Dahn en el laboratorio de baterías. Recipiente del Premio Aurum, 2024, Jeff Dahn (BSc’78).

    Canada

    Jeff Dahn

    Long-life lithium-ion battery electrode materials and lifetime tester

    His lithium-ion electrode inventions serve power tools, grid storage, and electric vehicles.

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    Retrato de Maria Skyllas-Kazacos

    Australia

    Maria Skyllas-Kazacos

    All-vanadium redox flow battery

    Several gigawatt-hours of all-vanadium flow storage have been installed.

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    Retrato de Donald R. Sadoway

    United States

    Donald R. Sadoway

    Liquid-metal grid-storage battery

    The liquid-metal battery was recognized by Time and developed for grid-level storage.

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    Retrato de Henrik Stiesdal

    Denmark

    Henrik Stiesdal

    Three-blade, pitch-controlled wind turbine and direct-drive offshore turbine hardware

    His wind-turbine systems are now present in almost all modern wind turbines.

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