Dr. Lonnie Johnson has dedicated the past 30 years to investigating new energy creation and storage techniques through his research company, Johnson R&D. He holds over 100 patents, many of them in energy creation and storage. In 2021, he made a breakthrough Solid State battery technology discovery, a glass electrolyte separator material. Johnson Energy Storage (JES) was spun out of Johnson R&D to further the development of the glass and a number of other innovative solid state battery features.