Whittingham used titanium ( IV ) sulfide and lithium metal as the electrodes .
Lithium batteries were proposed by British chemist M Stanley Whittingham , now at Binghamton University , while working for Exxon in the 1970s .
chemist used titanium ( IV ) sulfide and lithium metal as the electrodes .
Lithium batteries were proposed by British chemist M Stanley Whittingham , now at Binghamton University , while working for Exxon in the 1970s .