Draft
![]() | |
Born | 22 December 1941 Nottingham |
| Age 80 |
Michael Stanley Whittingham 1970
Science:Technology:1900sBritish chemist M. Stanley Whittingham started researching lithium battery in the early 1970s. He discovered how to store lithium ions using titanium(IV) sulphide and lithium metal as the electrodes.
He discovered the intercalation electrodes and invented the first rechargeable lithium-ion battery, patented in 1977.