John Bannister Goodenough, the American co-inventor of Lithium-ion batteries and a co-winner of 2019 Nobel prize for Chemistry, has passed away. He was just a month short of turning 101. Goodenough also played a significant role in the development of Random Access Memory (RAM) for computers.
It’s well worth reading Volt Rush: The Winners and Losers in the Race to Go Green By Henry Sanderson, it’s a good insight into some of his work with LiPo from a business and supply chain angle along with some of the geopolitical aspects looking forward.