Solid-state chemistry and materials science
John B. Goodenough: inventions and patents
Known for Development of the lithium-ion batteryNationality Born in Jena, Germany25 July 1922 to 25 June 2023
John B. Goodenough, born in Jena, Germany, shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of lithium-ion batteries. He was affiliated with the University of Texas at Austin at the time of the award and died in Austin in 2023. He and Koichi Mizushima are the named inventors on US Patent 4,302,518 for an electrochemical cell with new fast ion conductors.1,2
Patents
US 4,302,5182Electrochemical cell with new fast ion conductors
- Filed
- 31 March 1980
- Granted
- 24 November 1981
- Assignee
- Individual (as listed on Google Patents). Assigned in 1984 to the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, according to the assignment record on Google Patents
- Co-inventors
- Koichi Mizushima
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Inventions
- Lithium-ion battery cathode. Work on lithium-ion battery materials recognised by the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.1
Recognition
- 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (one third share), for the development of lithium-ion batteries1
Sources
- Nobel Prize Outreach, John B. Goodenough, Facts, 2019 (accessed 2026-10-27)
- Google Patents, US4302518A Electrochemical cell with new fast ion conductors (accessed 2026-10-27)