
Akira Yoshino
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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. Yoshino was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2019 alongside M. Stanley Whittingham and John B. Goodenough.
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Inventor of the lithium-ion battery Akira Yoshino inspires new collaborations for battery innovation - U of T Engineering News -
The invention of rechargeable batteries: An interview with Dr. Akira Yoshino, 2019 Nobel laureate - WIPO - World Intellectual Property Organization
INTERVIEW | Nobel Laureate Akira Yoshino on Setting Up Young Scientists for Success
Akira Yoshino, winner of Nobel for work on lithium-ion batteries, sees tech as environmental fix
Japanese Akira Yoshino Shares 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Toward a ‘Wireless, Fossil Fuel-Free Society’
The Birth of the Lithium‐Ion Battery - Yoshino - 2012 - Angewandte Chemie International Edition