# Lithium-ion batteries * [[1965]] - CuF2/Li battery developed at NASA (when did the project start?) * [[1974]]- Stanley Whittingham used TiS2 as a cathode. (Exxon tried to commercialize it but it spontaneously caught on fire) * [[1980]] — [[John Goodenough]] et all replaced TiS2 with LiCoO2 which stabilized it * [[1987]] — First commercial lithium-ion batteries ### Related * [[Electric Cars]] * [[Cellular Telephones]] * [[Smartphones]] <!-- #case-study/technology --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Lithium-ion+batteries) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Lithium-ion+batteries)