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Inventor

John B. Goodenough

Patents indexed

2

Year range

1981 – 1982

Associated with

Years active

1981 – 1982

Total patents

2

Most recent

1982

Frequent collaborator

Koichi Mizuchima

Domains

consumer_electronicsenergymaterialsautomotive

Activity by decade

1980s
2

Patents

2

Career timeline

2 patents, 1981–1982

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19811982

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US 4302518·1981·Individual

How Lithium-Cobalt Battery Cathodes Were Invented

This 1981 patent details the chemistry behind the lithium-cobalt oxide cathodes that power almost every modern smartphone, laptop, and electric vehicle.

US 4357215·1982·Individual

How Lithium-Ion Battery Cathodes Are Made

A foundational 1982 method for creating the materials used in rechargeable lithium-ion batteries by removing ions at low temperatures.

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