New Delhi: John B Goodenough, the inventor of the lithium-ion battery, has died at the age of 100. Goodenough said goodbye to the world in Austin, Texas. His death was informed by the University of Texas, where he was a professor of engineering.
New Delhi: John B Goodenough, the inventor of the lithium-ion battery, has died at the age of 100. Goodenough said goodbye to the world in Austin, Texas.
His death was informed by the University of Texas, where he was a professor of engineering. John was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his significant contribution to the creation of the groundbreaking lithium-ion battery, a rechargeable power source.
This source powers most modern portable electronic devices as well as electric and hybrid cars. According to the information, Goodenough was mostly unknown outside scientific and academic circles and corporate giants before news of his selection as Nobel laureate broke.
At the University of Oxford, he made laboratory discoveries that allowed the development of smartphones, laptops and tablet computers in the 1980s. Additionally, his batteries were used by several companies such as Tesla. In addition, their batteries have also been used in life-saving medical devices such as cardiac defibrillators.
