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Akira Yoshino (吉野 彰, Yoshino Akira, born 30 January 1948) is a Japanese chemist. He is a fellow of Asahi Kasei Corporation and a professor at Meijo University in Nagoya. He created the first safe, production-viable lithium-ion battery, which became used widely in cellular phones and notebook computers.
Akira Yoshino. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019. Born: 30 January 1948, Suita, Japan. Affiliation at the time of the award: Asahi Kasei Corporation, Tokyo, Japan; Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan. Prize motivation: “for the development of lithium-ion batteries” Prize share: 1/3. Life. Akira Yoshino was born in Suita, Japan.
Akira Yoshino is a Japanese chemist who developed the lithium-ion battery, a breakthrough technology for portable electronics. Learn about his life, education, research, and achievements in this biographical profile.
Dr. Yoshino invented and patented the first commercially viable lithium-ion battery in 1985, based on polyacetylene and carbon materials. He talks about his research journey, the challenges and the role of patents in developing the technology.
May 10, 2024 · Yoshino Akira, Japanese chemist who won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work in developing commercially viable lithium-ion batteries. He shared the prize with American physicist John B. Goodenough and British-born American chemist M. Stanley Whittingham.
Akira Yoshino was interviewed immediately following the announcement of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on 9 October 2019. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Chief Scientific Officer of Nobel Media. Akira Yoshino, reflecting on what makes him so creative, suggests that the secret is to keep thinking.
May 19, 2020 · In 1985, Akira Yoshino 5 at Asahi Kasei Corporation discovered that petroleum coke, a less graphitized carbon from the residual of petroleum fractionation, can reversibly intercalate Li-ions at a...
