M Stanley Whittingham

M. Stanley Whittingham (Born Michael Stanley Whittingham) is an 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, a part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system.

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Education and career

Whittingham read Chemistry at the University of Oxford, where he took his BA (1964), MA (1967), and DPhil (1968).^[1]

After completing his graduate studies, Dr. Whittingham was a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University until 1972. He then worked for Exxon Research & Engineering Company from 1972 until 1984. He then spent four years working for Schlumberger prior to becoming a professor at Binghamton University.^[1]

For five years, he served as the University’s vice provost for research and outreach.^[2] He also served as Vice-Chair of the Research Foundation of the State University of New York for six years.

Research

Dr. Whittingham is a key figure in the history of the development of rechargeable batteries discovering the concept of intercalation electrodes. Exxon commercialized the first rechargeable lithium-ion battery, which was based on a titanium disulfide cathode and a lithium-aluminum anode. He developed the hydrothermal synthesis technique for making cathode materials, which is now being used commercially for the manufacture of lithium iron phosphate by Phostech/Sud-Chimie in Montreal, Canada.

He received the Young Author Award from the Electrochemical Society in 1971, the Battery Research Award in 2004, and was elected a Fellow in 2006 for his contributions to lithium battery science and technology.

Patents

• 5,514,490 Secondary lithium battery using a new layered anode material

• 4,339,424 Method of preparing W or Mo metal oxides

• 4,243,624 Method of making cathodes derived from ammonium-metal-chalcogen compounds

• 4,233,375 High energy density plural chalcogenide cathode-containing cell

• 4,201,839 Cell containing an alkali metal anode, a solid cathode, and a closoborane and/or closocarborane electrolyte

• 4,166,160 Cells having cathodes derived from ammonium-molybdenum-chalcogen compounds

• 4,144,384 Cells having cathodes with vanadium-chalcogen-containing compounds

• 4,143,213 Cells having cathodes containing chalcogenide compounds of the formula M.sub.a FeX.sub.b and species thereof exhibiting alkali metal incorporation

• 4,139,682 Cells having cathodes derived from ammonium-copper-molybdenum-chalcogen compounds

• 4,086,403 Alkali metal/niobium triselenide cell having a dioxolane-based electrolyte

• 4,084,046 Rechargeable electrochemical cell with cathode of stoichiometric titanium disulfide

• 4,049,887 Electrochemical cells with cathode-active materials of layered compounds

• 4,049,879 Intercalated transition metal phosphorus trisulfides

• 4,040,917 Preparation of intercalated chalcogenides

• 4,009,052 Chalcogenide battery

• 4,007,055 Preparation of stoichiometric titanium disulfide

Books

• J. B. Goodenough and M. S. Whittingham (1977). Solid State Chemistry of Energy Conversion and Storage. American Chemical Society Symposium Series #163. ISBN 0-8412-0358-X. 
• G. G. Libowitz and M. S. Whittingham (1979). Materials Science in Energy Technology. Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-447550-7. 
• M. S. Whittingham and A. J. Jacobson (1984). Intercalation Chemistry. Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-747380-7. 
• D. L. Nelson, M. S. Whittingham and T. F. George (1987). Chemistry of High Temperature Superconductors. American Chemical Society Symposium Series #352. ISBN 0-8412-1431-X. 
• M. A. Alario-Franco, M. Greenblatt, G. Rohrer and M. S. Whittingham (2003). Solid-state chemistry of inorganic materials IV. Materials Research Society. ISBN 1-55899-692-3. 

Most Cited Papers

Dr. Whittingham has published over 220 scientific papers. Following is a short list of some of his most cited papers. A more extensive list is available on his webpage.^[1]

• Chirayil T, Zavalij PY, Whittingham MS (Oct 1998). "Hydrothermal synthesis of vanadium oxides". CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS 10 (10): 2629-2640. doi:10.1021/cm980242m.

• Zavalij PY, Whittingham MS (Oct 1999). "Structural chemistry of vanadium oxides with open frameworks". Acta Crystallographica Section B-Structural Science 55: 627-663. doi:doi:10.1107/S0108768199004000.

• Whittingham MS (Oct 2004). "Lithium batteries and cathode materials". Chemical Reviews 104 (10): 4271-4301. ACS. doi:10.1021/cr020731c.

• Chen RJ, Zavalij P, Whittingham MS (June 1996). "Hydrothermal synthesis and characterization of K chi MnO2 center dot gamma H2O". Chemistry of Materials 8 (6): 1275-1280. ACS. doi:10.1021/cm950550+.

• Janauer GG, Dobley A, Guo JD, Zavalij P, Whittingham MS (Aug 1996). "Novel tungsten, molybdenum, and vanadium oxides containing surfactant ions". Chemistry of Materials 8 (8): 2096-2101. ACS. doi:10.1021/cm960111q.

• Yang SF, Song YN, Zavalij PY, Whittingham MS (Mar 2002). "Reactivity, stability and electrochemical behavior of lithium iron phosphates". Electrochemistry Communications 4 (3): 239-244. doi:10.1016/S1388-2481(01)00298-3.

• Yang SF, Zavalij PY, Whittingham MS (Sep 2001). "Hydrothermal synthesis of lithium iron phosphate cathodes". Electrochemistry Communications 3 (9): 505-508. doi:10.1016/S1388-2481(01)00200-4.

• Whittingham MS, Guo JD, Chen RJ, Chirayil T, Janauer G, Zavalij P (Jan 1995). "The hydrothermal synthesis of new oxide materials". Solid State Ionics 75: 257-268. doi:10.1016/0167-2738(94)00220-M.

• Petkov V, Zavalij PY, Lutta S, Whittingham MS, Parvanov V, Shastri S (Feb 2004). "Structure beyond Bragg: Study of V2O5 nanotubes". Physical Review B 69 (8): 085410. APS. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.69.085410.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} http://materials.binghamton.edu/whittingham/whit.html
2. ^ http://www.binghamton.edu/inside/millennium/whittingham.html