Akira Yoshino | |
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吉野 彰 | |
![]() Akira Yoshino | |
Born | |
Education | Kyoto University (BS, MS) Osaka University (PhD) |
Awards | IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies (2012) Global Energy Prize (2013) Charles Stark Draper Prize (2014) Japan Prize (2018) Nobel Prize (2019) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Electrochemistry |
Institutions | Asahi Kasei Meijo University |
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,[1] 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.[1]