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Asahi Kasei Honorary Fellow Akira Yoshino receives the European Inventor Award 2019 - Chemical Engineering
![Tokyo, Japan. 9th Oct, 2019. Akira Yoshino, Japan's chemistry company Asahi Kasei honorary fellow holds a cut model of a lithium ion battery as he will receive Nobel Prize in Chemistry at Tokyo, Japan. 9th Oct, 2019. Akira Yoshino, Japan's chemistry company Asahi Kasei honorary fellow holds a cut model of a lithium ion battery as he will receive Nobel Prize in Chemistry at](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/9/4ac698a38e7342bfb27cc0fd633c82f8/2a3ppbn.jpg)
Tokyo, Japan. 9th Oct, 2019. Akira Yoshino, Japan's chemistry company Asahi Kasei honorary fellow holds a cut model of a lithium ion battery as he will receive Nobel Prize in Chemistry at
![Tokyo, Japan. 9th Oct, 2019. Akira Yoshino, Japan's chemistry company Asahi Kasei honorary fellow holds a cut model of a lithium ion battery as he will receive Nobel Prize in Chemistry at Tokyo, Japan. 9th Oct, 2019. Akira Yoshino, Japan's chemistry company Asahi Kasei honorary fellow holds a cut model of a lithium ion battery as he will receive Nobel Prize in Chemistry at](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2A3PPBK/tokyo-japan-9th-oct-2019-akira-yoshino-japans-chemistry-company-asahi-kasei-honorary-fellow-holds-a-cut-model-of-a-lithium-ion-battery-as-he-will-receive-nobel-prize-in-chemistry-at-the-asahi-kasei-headquarters-in-tokyo-on-wednesday-october-9-2019-yoshino-and-two-others-will-receive-this-years-nobel-prize-in-chemistry-for-their-contribution-to-develop-lithium-ion-batteries-credit-yoshio-tsunodaafloalamy-live-news-2A3PPBK.jpg)
Tokyo, Japan. 9th Oct, 2019. Akira Yoshino, Japan's chemistry company Asahi Kasei honorary fellow holds a cut model of a lithium ion battery as he will receive Nobel Prize in Chemistry at
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Three lithium ion battery developers share the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry - News - Asia-Oceania Association for Fire Safety Materials Science and Engineering
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Nobel laureate chemist Yoshino feels 'biggest joy' in contributing to changes in world - The Mainichi
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Building on work of others was key to lithium-ion batteries | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
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Father of the lithium-ion battery wins the European Inventor Award 2019 in the non-European country category - Innovation Origins
Nobel Prize - Akira Yoshino is the developer of the first commercially viable lithium-ion battery. As a young boy, Yoshino discovered chemistry after reading the book 'The Chemical History of a Candle'
![Asahi Kasei Corp. honorary fellow Akira Yoshino and his wife Kumiko attend a press conference in Tokyo, Japan on October 10, 2019. Yoshino won the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry together with Asahi Kasei Corp. honorary fellow Akira Yoshino and his wife Kumiko attend a press conference in Tokyo, Japan on October 10, 2019. Yoshino won the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry together with](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2A3YMME/asahi-kasei-corp-honorary-fellow-akira-yoshino-and-his-wife-kumiko-attend-a-press-conference-in-tokyo-japan-on-october-10-2019-yoshino-won-the-2019-nobel-prize-in-chemistry-together-with-two-other-researchers-for-their-contributions-to-the-development-of-lithium-ion-batteries-credit-naho-yoshizawaafloalamy-live-news-2A3YMME.jpg)