John B. Goodenough
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John B. Goodenough was an American materials scientist and physicist renowned for his pioneering work on lithium-ion rechargeable batteries, which revolutionized portable electronics and energy storage.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John B. Goodenough canonical | 8 |
| John Bannister Goodenough | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John B. Goodenough Context triple: [Nobel Prize in Chemistry, notableLaureate, John B. Goodenough]
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Michael Grätzel
Michael Grätzel is a Swiss chemist best known for inventing dye-sensitized solar cells, a breakthrough in low-cost, efficient solar energy technology.
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David W. C. MacMillan
David W. C. MacMillan is a Scottish-born chemist renowned for pioneering organocatalysis, work that earned him the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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Henry Taube
Henry Taube was a Canadian-born American chemist renowned for his pioneering work on the mechanisms of electron-transfer reactions in inorganic chemistry, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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Nevill Mott
Nevill Mott was a British physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems, particularly in solids.
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Fraser Stoddart
Fraser Stoddart is a Scottish-born chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in the design and synthesis of mechanically interlocked molecular architectures such as rotaxanes and catenanes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John B. Goodenough Target entity description: John B. Goodenough was an American materials scientist and physicist renowned for his pioneering work on lithium-ion rechargeable batteries, which revolutionized portable electronics and energy storage.
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A.
Michael Grätzel
Michael Grätzel is a Swiss chemist best known for inventing dye-sensitized solar cells, a breakthrough in low-cost, efficient solar energy technology.
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B.
David W. C. MacMillan
David W. C. MacMillan is a Scottish-born chemist renowned for pioneering organocatalysis, work that earned him the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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C.
Henry Taube
Henry Taube was a Canadian-born American chemist renowned for his pioneering work on the mechanisms of electron-transfer reactions in inorganic chemistry, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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D.
Nevill Mott
Nevill Mott was a British physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems, particularly in solids.
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E.
Fraser Stoddart
Fraser Stoddart is a Scottish-born chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in the design and synthesis of mechanically interlocked molecular architectures such as rotaxanes and catenanes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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inventor ⓘ materials scientist ⓘ physicist ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in physics ⓘ |
| ageAtNobelPrize | 97 ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Charles Stark Draper Prize
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linked to:
Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering
Copley Medal ⓘ Enrico Fermi Award ⓘ Japan Prize ⓘ National Medal of Science ⓘ Nobel Prize in Chemistry ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Germany ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1922-07-25 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Jena ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2023-06-25 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Chicago
ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ |
| employer |
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
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linked to:
Lincoln Laboratory
University of Oxford ⓘ University of Texas at Austin ⓘ |
| familyName | Goodenough ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
electrochemistry
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materials science ⓘ solid-state physics ⓘ |
| fullName |
John Bannister Goodenough
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linked to:
John B. Goodenough
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Goodenough–Kanamori rules
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cathode materials for rechargeable batteries ⓘ lithium-ion battery ⓘ solid-state battery research ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
National Academy of Engineering
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ Royal Society ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeCategory | Chemistry ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeMotivation | development of lithium-ion batteries ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeYear | 2019 ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the oldest person ever to receive a Nobel Prize ⓘ |
| notableWork |
development of lithium cobalt oxide cathode
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development of lithium iron phosphate cathode concepts ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
head of the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory at the University of Oxford
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professor at the University of Texas at Austin ⓘ |
| residence |
Austin, Texas
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linked to:
Austin
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| sharedNobelPrizeWith |
Akira Yoshino
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M. Stanley Whittingham ⓘ |
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Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through its scientists)
linked to: John B. Goodenough
subject linked to:
Goodenough