What is John B. Goodenough?
{{Infobox scientist |name = John B. Goodenough |image = Nobel 9 Dec 2019 029 copy (49204051647) (cropped).jpg |birth_name = John Bannister Goodenough |birth_date = {{birth date|mf=y|1922|7|25}} |birth_place = [[Jena]], [[Weimar Republic|Germany]] |death_date = {{death date and age|mf=y|2023|6|25|1922|7|25}} |death_place = [[Austin, Texas]], [[United States|U.S.]] |education = [[Yale University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])}}<br>[[University of Chicago]] {{small|([[Master of Science|MS]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])}} |spouse = {{marriage|Irene Wiseman|1954|2016|reason=died}} |known_for = [[Li-ion battery|Li-ion rechargeable battery]], [[Superexchange|Goodenough–Kanamori rules]] |awards = [[Japan Prize]] {{small|(2001)}}<br>[[Enrico Fermi Award]] {{small|(2009)}}<br>[[National Medal of Science]] {{small|(2011)}}<br>[[IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies]]{{small|(2012)}}<br>[[Charles Stark Draper Prize]] {{small|(2014)}}<br>[[Welch Award]] {{small|(2017)}}<br>[[Copley Medal]] {{small|(2019)}}<br>[[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] {{small|(2019)}} |field = [[Physics]] |workplaces = [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]<br>[[University of Oxford]]<br>[[University of Texas at Austin]] |doctoral_advisor = [[Clarence Zener]] |notable_students = Bill David (postdoc)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Thackeray |first1=M.M. |last2=David |first2=W.I.F. |last3=Bruce |first3=P.G. |last4=Goodenough |first4=J.B. |title=Lithium insertion into manganese spinels |doi=10.1016/0025-5408(83)90138-1 |journal=Materials Research Bulletin |volume=18 |issue=4 |pages=461–472 |year=1983}}</ref> }} {{nobelprize|Chemistry}}'''John Bannister Goodenough''' (July 25, 1922 &ndash; June 25, 2023) was an American [[professor]] and [[solid-state physicist]]. He was a professor of [[mechanical engineering]] and [[materials science]] at The [[University of Texas at Austin]]. He is known for his creation of the [[lithium-ion battery]