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Akira Yoshino

Japanese engineer and researcher (1948-), known as an inventor of lithium-ion battery

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    Born 1948
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Updated 2026-07-11

Akira Yoshino 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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