Photo Credit: Fair Use [17 U.S.C. § 107] Successive developers of the Lithium-Ion battery: Whittingham, Goodenough, and Yoshino.
Who Really Invented the Lithium-Ion Battery?
14 Jun 2026 | Abstracted from Spectrum IEEE
Sony commercialized the first lithium‑ion battery in 1991, building on breakthroughs by Whittingham, Goodenough, and Yoshino. The article traces how early lithium‑metal cells were unsafe, how cobalt‑oxide cathodes enabled higher voltage, and how Yoshino’s carbon anode made the chemistry viable. Sony's engineering turned lab concepts into a global battery platform.
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