John Goodenough, inventor of Lithium-Ion battery, dies at 100
John Goodenough, inventor of Lithium-Ion battery, dies at 100
John Goodenough won the Nobel Prize in chemistry at the age of 97 for his revolutionary work.
Possibly one of the most important invention of the 20th century
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Wow he got the Nobel Prize in Chemistry at 97 years old and the article makes it sound like he was working on new battery tech pretty recently.
He was working on some solid state battery chemistries.
Joe Scott on YouTube made a video about him a few years ago that talks about what he was working on: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g0nA8CfxBqA
The relevant part starts a bit after the four minute mark
"I don't want man, in his greed to exploit the resources of Earth, to turn what should be a garden into a desert" -- John B. Goodenough
I hope this quote makes it into the next Civilization game.