Considered one of the most successful inventors and scientists of today’s technology world, Dr. John Goodenough died at the age of 100. The Nobel Prize-winning chemist, whose death was announced by the University of Texas, is known as the inventor of the lithium-ion batteries that power today’s devices.Goodenough received the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Although little known in the popular science world, Dr. John Goodenough played an important role in the development of the lithium-ion batteries that power today’s phones, computers, portable consoles and cars. As a result of his contributions to science for many years, Goodenough won the US National Medal of Science in 2011 and the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 2019.
Although lithium-based batteries attracted the attention of researchers for many years, Goodenough’s research at Oxford University in 1980 provided an important step in technology. As a result of his research, Goodenough produced a new cathode using lithium and cobalt oxide, which produced a higher voltage and greatly increased safety. In this way, lithium-based batteries managed to have a higher capacity than the lead-acid and nickel-cadmium-based batteries used in the cars of the period. Dr. Akira Yoshino, on the other hand, replaced the pure lithium used in this technology with safer lithium ions, leading to the birth of lithium-ion batteries.
In addition, Goodenough contributed to the development of memory, now known as RAM, with his research at MIT in the 1950s and 1960s. Continuing his research until his 90s, John was undoubtedly one of the most important names in computer science today.
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