M. Stanley Whittingham, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

M. Stanley Whittingham

American chemist

Date of Birth: 22-Dec-1941

Place of Birth: Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

Profession: engineer, chemist, university teacher

Nationality: United States, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Michael Stanley Whittingham (22 December 1941) is an English-American chemist.
He is currently a professor of chemistry and director of both the Institute for Materials Research and the Materials Science and Engineering program at Binghamton University, part of the State University of New York.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2019.Whittingham is a key figure in the history of the development of lithium batteries.
He discovered the intercalation electrodes in 1970s for the first time and thoroughly described the concept of intercalation reaction for rechargeable batteries in the late of 1970s.
He holds the original patents on the concept of the use of intercalation chemistry in high-power density, highly reversible lithium batteries.
And he invented the first rechargeable lithium ion battery, patented in 1977 and assigned to Exxon.
His work on lithium battery laid the foundations for other followers' later developments.
Therefore, he is the called Founding Father of rechargeable lithium batteries.