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Such an obssessive need we have, to claim 'inventors' for everything!! Oh, I guess 'clickbait' answers that one.
Wasn't it Jeff Dahn (along with colleagues) at Dalhousie University who found the final piece of the puzzle in developing the Li-Ion battery? https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1990JElS..137.2009F/abstract
He is simply one of the co-creators who SHARED the Nobel prize for DEVELOPMENT which helped to transform the technology.
Goodenough and Koichi in 1979 helped with the positive electrode material that helped early commercial batteries LiCoO~2~ and Goodenough's name does appear as one of many 'inventors' who worked on this.
However, there are many many names involved - we don't really have 'inventors' these days. We also find that most famous inventors are simply people who claimed credit for other folks work.
Yes, scientific discoveries aren't inventions, but they aren't any less significant. You don't need to downplay his accomplishments.
You say "many many names involved" and put SHARED in upper case but there were only two other that's shared the Nobel Prize with him, Michael Wittingham and Akira Yoshino.
He was also sole recipient of the National Medal of Science in 2011 among a lot of other awards. He was well respected in his field.
He led a team to patent glass batteries which has the potential to change the world by decreasing the cost of production.
There are many battery researchers whose work basically stops at a research paper. Goodenough research is actually being used in battery construction now and may continue to do so. He also worked with several other battery startups. We have yet to see what they will accomplish off his work.