Awards & Winners

John B. Goodenough

Date of Birth 25-July-1922
Place of Birth Jena
(Germany, Thuringia)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as John Goodenough
Profession Scientist, Engineer, Professor, Physicist
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.

Awards by John B. Goodenough

Check all the awards nominated and won by John B. Goodenough.

2011


National Medal of Science for Engineering
(For groundbreaking cathode research that led to the first commercial lithium ion battery, which has since revolutionized consumer electronics with technical applications for portable and stationary power.)