M Stanley Whittingham

Infobox Scientist


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name = Manly Stanley Whittingham
birth_date = 1941
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field = Chemist
work_institution = Binghamton University
alma_mater = Oxford University
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M. Stanley Whittingham (born Manly Stanley Whittingham, 1941) 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.

Education and career

Whittingham read Chemistry at the University of Oxford, where he took his BA (1964), MA (1967), and DPhil (1968). [http://materials.binghamton.edu/whittingham/whit.html Professor M. Stanley Whittingham ] ]

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.

For five years, he served as the University’s vice provost for research and outreach. [ [http://www.binghamton.edu/inside/millennium/whittingham.html Inside Binghamton University ] ] 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

* [http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=5514490 5,514,490] Secondary lithium battery using a new layered anode material
* [http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=4339424 4,339,424] Method of preparing W or Mo metal oxides
* [http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=4243624 4,243,624] Method of making cathodes derived from ammonium-metal-chalcogen compounds
* [http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=4233375 4,233,375] High energy density plural chalcogenide cathode-containing cell
* [http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=4201839 4,201,839] Cell containing an alkali metal anode, a solid cathode, and a closoborane and/or closocarborane electrolyte
* [http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=4166160 4,166,160] Cells having cathodes derived from ammonium-molybdenum-chalcogen compounds
* [http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=4144384 4,144,384] Cells having cathodes with vanadium-chalcogen-containing compounds
* [http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=4143213 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
* [http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=4139682 4,139,682] Cells having cathodes derived from ammonium-copper-molybdenum-chalcogen compounds
* [http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=4086403 4,086,403] Alkali metal/niobium triselenide cell having a dioxolane-based electrolyte
* [http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=4084046 4,084,046] Rechargeable electrochemical cell with cathode of stoichiometric titanium disulfide
* [http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=4049887 4,049,887] Electrochemical cells with cathode-active materials of layered compounds
* [http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=4049879 4,049,879] Intercalated transition metal phosphorus trisulfides
* [http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=4040917 4,040,917] Preparation of intercalated chalcogenides
* [http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=4009052 4,009,052] Chalcogenide battery
* [http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=4007055 4,007,055] Preparation of stoichiometric titanium disulfide

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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.
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title = Hydrothermal synthesis of vanadium oxides
journal = Chemistry of Materials
volume = 10
issue = 10
pages = 2629–2640
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date = Oct 1998
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title = Structural chemistry of vanadium oxides with open frameworks
journal = Acta Crystallographica Section B-Structural Science
volume = 55
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pages = 627–663
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date = Oct 1999
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doi = 10.1107/S0108768199004000
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title = Lithium batteries and cathode materials
journal = Chemical Reviews
volume = 104
issue = 10
pages = 4271–4301
publisher = ACS
date = Oct 2004
url = http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/article.cgi/chreay/2004/104/i10/pdf/cr020731c.pdf
doi = 10.1021/cr020731c
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last = Chen RJ, Zavalij P, Whittingham MS
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title = Hydrothermal synthesis and characterization of K chi MnO2 center dot gamma H2O
journal = Chemistry of Materials
volume = 8
issue = 6
pages = 1275–1280
publisher = ACS
date = June 1996
url = http://pubs3.acs.org/acs/journals/doilookup?in_doi=10.1021/cm950550%2b
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last = Janauer GG, Dobley A, Guo JD, Zavalij P, Whittingham MS
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title = Novel tungsten, molybdenum, and vanadium oxides containing surfactant ions
journal = Chemistry of Materials
volume = 8
issue = 8
pages = 2096–2101
publisher = ACS
date = Aug 1996
url = http://pubs3.acs.org/acs/journals/doilookup?in_doi=10.1021/cm960111q
doi = 10.1021/cm960111q
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last = Yang SF, Song YN, Zavalij PY, Whittingham MS
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title = Reactivity, stability and electrochemical behavior of lithium iron phosphates
journal = Electrochemistry Communications
volume = 4
issue = 3
pages = 239–244
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date = Mar 2002
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doi = 10.1016/S1388-2481(01)00298-3
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last = Yang SF, Zavalij PY, Whittingham MS
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title = Hydrothermal synthesis of lithium iron phosphate cathodes
journal = Electrochemistry Communications
volume = 3
issue = 9
pages = 505–508
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date = Sep 2001
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doi = 10.1016/S1388-2481(01)00200-4
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last = Whittingham MS, Guo JD, Chen RJ, Chirayil T, Janauer G, Zavalij P
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title = The hydrothermal synthesis of new oxide materials
journal = Solid State Ionics
volume = 75
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pages = 257–268
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date = Jan 1995
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doi = 10.1016/0167-2738(94)00220-M
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*cite journal
last = Petkov V, Zavalij PY, Lutta S, Whittingham MS, Parvanov V, Shastri S
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title = Structure beyond Bragg: Study of V2O5 nanotubes
journal = Physical Review B
volume = 69
issue = 8
pages = 085410
publisher = APS
date = Feb 2004
url = http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v69/e085410
doi = 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.085410
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External links

* [http://materials.binghamton.edu/whittingham/whit.html Dr. Whittingham's webpage]
* [http://chemistry.binghamton.edu/ Binghamton University Chemistry Department]
* [http://materials.binghamton.edu/materials/ Materials Science program at Binghamton University]

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