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John Goodenough, inventor of Lithium-Ion battery, dies at 100 (www.bbc.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by njaard@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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Possibly one of the most important invention of the 20th century

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[–] koraro@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] transientpunk@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[–] saba@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"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

[–] runner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago

I hope this quote makes it into the next Civilization game.