• Overview of Dr. Yoshino's invention of the lithium-ion battery

• Academic background
• Work career
• Major awards and recognitions
• Notable research reports
• Major patents related to the LIB

Academic background

March 1970	B.S., Department of Petrochemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University
March 1972	M.S., Department of Petrochemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
March 2005	Dr.Eng., Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University

Work career

April 1972	Entered Asahi Kasei Corp.
March 1992	Manager, Product Development Group, Ion Battery Business Promotion Dept., Asahi Kasei Corp.
August 1994	Manager, Technical Development, A&T Battery Corp.
June 1998	Manager, Rechargeable Ion Battery Group, Asahi Kasei Corp.
May 2001	Manager, Battery Materials Business Development Dept., Asahi Kasei Corp.
October 2003	Group Fellow, Asahi Kasei Corp.
August 2005	General Manager, Yoshino Laboratory, Asahi Kasei Corp.
April 2010	President, Lithium Ion Battery Technology and Evaluation Center (LIBTEC)*
October 2015	Advisor, Asahi Kasei Corp.
July 2017	Professor, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Meijo University
October 2017	Honorary Fellow, Asahi Kasei Corp.*
April 2018	Visiting Professor, Research and Education Center for Green Technologies, Kyushu University*
December 2019	Distinguished University Professor, Kyushu University*
January 2020	AIST Fellow* Director, Global Zero Emission Research Center, Department of Energy and Environment*
December 2020	Member of the Japan Academy*
April 2021	University Professor and Distinguished Professor of Meijo University*

• *Current position

Major awards and recognitions

March 1999	Fiscal 1998 Chemical Technology Prize from the Chemical Society of Japan for achievements in the development of the lithium-ion battery
October 1999	Battery Division Technology Award from The Electrochemical Society for achievements in pioneering work on lithium-ion battery technology
April 2001	Ichimura Prizes in Industry—Meritorious Achievement Prize, from the New Technology Development Foundation (Ichimura Foundation) for achievements in the development and commercialization of the lithium-ion battery
October 2001	Kanto-block Commendation for Invention—Encouragement Prize of Invention of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, from the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation
June 2002	National Commendation for Invention—Invention Prize of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, from the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation
April 2003	Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology—Prize for Science and Technology, Development Category, from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
April 2004	Medal with Purple Ribbon, from the Government of Japan
November 2011	Yamazaki-Teiichi Prize from the Foundation for Promotion of Material Science and Technology of Japan
November 2011	C&C Prize from the NEC C&C Foundation
March 2012	Designation as a Fellow of the Chemical Society of Japan
June 2012	IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
June 2013	The Global Energy Prize
November 2013	The Kato Memorial Prize from the Kato Foundation for Promotion of Science
February 2014	The Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering from The National Academy of Engineering
September 2016	The NIMS Award 2016 from the National Institute for Materials Science
April 2018	The Japan Prize
June 2019	The European Inventor Award
November 2019	The Order of Culture, Person of Cultural Merit
December 2019	The Nobel Prize in Chemistry
December 2023	The VinFuture Grand Prize

Notable research reports

• “Converting carbon material into a battery negative electrode (in Japanese)"
  TANSO (Journal of The Carbon Society of Japan), 1999, No. 186, 45–49
  Akira Yoshino
• “Development of Lithium Ion Battery and Recent Technology Trends (in Japanese, published pursuant to receipt of prize from the Chemical Society of Japan)"
  Journal of The Chemical Society of Japan, 2000, No. 8, 523–534
  Akira Yoshino, Kenji Otsuka, Takayuki Nakajima, Akira Koyama, Satoshi Nakajo
• “Development of Lithium Ion Battery"
  Mol. Cryst. and Liq. Cryst., 2000, Vol. 340, 425–429
  Akira Yoshino
• “Development process and the latest trend for lithium-ion battery technology in Japan (in Chinese)"
  Chinese Journal of Power Sources, 2001, Vol. 25, No. 6, 416–422
  Akira Yoshino
• “Cathode properties of phospho-olivine LiMPO₄ for lithium secondary batteries"
  Journal of Power Sources, 2001, Vol. 97–98, 430–432
  Shigeto Okada, Shoichiro Sawa, Minato Egashira, Jun-ichi Yamaki, Mitsuharu Tabuchi, Hiroyuki Kageyama, Tokuzo Konishi, Akira Yoshino
• “Overview of carbonaceous materials for lithium-ion battery"
  Mol. Cryst. and Liq. Cryst., 2002, Vol. 388, 575–579
  Akira Yoshino

• List of publications and presentations

Major patents related to the LIB

Patent number	Title	Filing date	Registration date	Inventors
Japanese Patent No. 1989293	Secondary battery	May 10, 1985*	November 8, 1995	Akira Yoshino
				Kenichi Sanechika
				Takayuki Nakajima
Japanese Patent No. 2128922	Nonaqueous secondary battery	May 28, 1984	May 2, 1997	Akira Yoshino
				Kenichi Sanechika
Japanese Patent No. 2642206	Explosion-proof secondary battery	December 28, 1989	May 2, 1997	Akira Yoshino
				Kazuhiko Nakanishi
				Akira Ono
Japanese Patent No. 2668678	Secondary battery	November 8, 1986	July 4, 1997	Akira Yoshino
				Masahiko Shikata
Japanese Patent No. 3035677	Secondary battery with safety element	September 13, 1991	February 25, 2000	Akira Yoshino
				Katsuhiko Inoue
USP 4,668,595	Secondary Battery	May 10, 1985*	May 26, 1987	Akira Yoshino
				Kenichi Sanechika
				Takayuki Nakajima

• *priority date.

• List of patents