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Akira Yoshino

Akira Yoshino

Japanese Chemist and winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of lithium-ion batteries.

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Birthdate
January 30, 1948
Birthplace
Osaka
Osaka
Nationality
Japanese
Japanese
Location
Japan
Japan
Educated at
Osaka University
Osaka University
Kyoto University
Kyoto University
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Osaka Prefectural Kitano High School
Also Known As
よしの あきら
Awards Received
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2013 Global Energy Prize
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2012 IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies
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2017 Japan Prize
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2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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2014 Charles Stark Draper Prize
Occupation
Scientist
Scientist
Chemist
Chemist
Engineer
Engineer

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Citizenship
Japan
Japan
Wikidata ID
Q4701206

Dr. Yoshino is an honorary fellow of the Asahi Kasei Corporation and a professor at Meijo University. Akira Yoshino is a graduate of Kyoto University from the Faculty of Engineering.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2019 was given to Akira Yoshino along with John B. Goodenough and M. Stanley Whittingham “for the development of lithium-ion batteries”.

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Akira Yoshino - Lithium-ion battery and its evolution

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M82KU6VlXDQ

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