Date of Birth
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25-July-1922
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Place of Birth
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Jena
(Germany, Thuringia)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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John Goodenough
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Profession
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Scientist, Engineer, Professor, Physicist
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John Bannister Goodenough is an American professor and prominent solid-state physicist. He is currently a professor of mechanical engineering and materials science at the University of Texas at Austin. He is widely credited for the identification and development of the Li-ion rechargeable battery as well as for developing the Goodenough-Kanamori rules for determining the sign of the magnetic superexchange in materials.
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