John Goodenough, the man most responsible for developing the batteries powering our mobile lives, dies aged 100

John Goodenough in Office

John Goodenough, A US materials scientist and Nobel Prize winner regarded as the key figure behind the development of the ubiquitous lithium-ion battery, has died aged 100.

Goodenough's decades of work in the field of material science and energy storage solutions saw him awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 2019, making him the world's oldest Nobel Prize winner.