[HN Gopher] Remembering lithium-ion battery pioneer John Goodenough
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       Remembering lithium-ion battery pioneer John Goodenough
        
       Author : rbanffy
       Score  : 43 points
       Date   : 2023-07-13 20:21 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | nabogh wrote:
       | What an inspiring life. A life dedicated to good work.
        
       | zeristor wrote:
       | That's quite big news. The fact that it was kept quiet for 3
       | weeks is no small feat.
        
         | Mountain_Skies wrote:
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36475949
        
       | retendo wrote:
       | It's still the most unbelievably ironic name for a
       | pioneer/inventor.
        
       | nkingsy wrote:
       | I hadn't realized he also helped develop lithium iron phosphate,
       | which unlike other chemistries seems to have the potential to
       | scale up to what is needed. "good enough" indeed.
        
       | sedivy94 wrote:
       | Ugh... saw the headline and didn't want to believe it. I was made
       | aware of his contributions in a mini documentary a few years ago.
       | He really seemed to be someone extraordinary.
        
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