Professor John B. Goodenough, co-developer of the lithium-ion battery and 2019 Nobel laureate in chemistry, died on 25 June 2023 at the age of 100, the University of Texas at Austin confirmed. The article reviews his career, from MIT's Lincoln Laboratory to his 1980 breakthrough at Oxford, and his decision to forgo royalties.
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He passed away on 25 June, just one month shy of his 101st birthday on 25 July. Texas University at Austin, where Goodenough served as an engineering professor, confirmed his passing.
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Professor John B Goodenough, an illustrious scientist who played a crucial role in lithium-ion battery development, passed away at 100.
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he became the oldest Nobel laureate in history, sharing the $900,000 award with two other scientists: M Stanley Whittingham, a professor at Binghamton University, and Akira Yoshino, an honorary fellow at the Asahi Kasei Corporation in Tokyo.
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At 97, he became the oldest Nobel laureate in history, sharing the $900,000 award with two other scientists: M Stanley Whittingham, a professor at Binghamton University, and Akira Yoshino, an honorary fellow at the Asahi Kasei Corporation in Tokyo.
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In 1980, while at the University of Oxford, he achieved a laboratory breakthrough that laid the foundation for the widespread adoption of this transformative technology.
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The roots of battery technology can be traced back to Alessandro Volta, who invented the first true battery in 1800.
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