Nobel Prize Winner and Co-Creator of the Lithium Battery Dies at 100

Nobel Prize Winner and Co-Creator of the Lithium Battery Dies at 100
American scientist John Bannister Goodenough, Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry 2019, poses signing a chair at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 6, 2019. Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images
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John B. Goodenough, whose contributions led to the development of lithium-ion batteries which made many of today’s portable electronic devices possible, has died.

Goodenough died on Sunday at the age of 100, according to a June 26 press release from the University of Texas at Austin where he served as a faculty member for 37 years. His cause of death was not mentioned. “John’s legacy as a brilliant scientist is immeasurable—his discoveries improved the lives of billions of people around the world,” said UT Austin president Jay Hartzell. “He was a leader at the cutting edge of scientific research throughout the many decades of his career, and he never ceased searching for innovative energy-storage solutions.”
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