John B. Goodenough
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Virginia H. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering
Phone: (512) 471-1646
Fax: (512) 471-7681
Email: jgoodenough@mail.utexas.edu
Dr. John Goodenough earned his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago in 1952. He joined the faculty of The University of Texas at Austin in 1986. In 1976, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
Dr. Goodenough studies the relationships between the chemistry, structure and electrical properties of solids in order to design new or improved technical materials. He also explores the unusual physical properties encountered at the transition from magnetic to metallic behavior in transition-metal oxides. For example, he developed the cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries which have enabled the wireless revolution and will be used in tomorrow’s electric vehicles, power tools and hybrid cars. He studied high pressure to understand the conditions for high-temperature superconductivity in copper oxides and the significant change in electrical resistance in manganese and cobalt oxides when a magnetic field is applied. Goodenough recently identified a ceramic anode material for a solid oxide fuel cell operating on natural gas.
Research interests:
- Transition-metal oxides
- Lithium ion batteries
- Fuel cells
- Oxygen-permeation membranes
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