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How did Akira Yoshino create a lithium-ion battery?

With Goodenough’s cathode as a basis, Akira Yoshino created the first commercially viable lithium-ion battery in 1985. Rather than using reactive lithium in the anode, he used petroleum coke, a carbon material that, like the cathode’s cobalt oxide, can intercalate lithium ions.

When did Yoshino develop a rechargeable battery?

In 1983 Yoshino fabricated a prototype rechargeable battery using lithium cobalt oxide (LiCoO 2) (discovered in 1979 by Godshall et al. at Stanford University, and John Goodenough and Koichi Mizushima at Oxford University) as cathode and polyacetylene as anode.

Who won the Japan Prize for lithium-ion rechargeable batteries?

John Goodenough, Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino receive the prize for their development of lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. Stanley Whittingham (left), John Goodenough and Akira Yoshino (right) did work in the 1970s and 1980s that led to the development of lithium-ion batteries. Credit: Binghamton University/UT Austin/The Japan Prize

How did Yoshino improve battery performance?

Yoshino also developed an aluminium foil as a collector to draw electricity from the cathode. This dramatically improved the battery’s performance, conferring it with a high voltage and a high storage capacity. Yet, there was no overnight success.

How did Yoshino make a lithium anode?

To avoid using metallic lithium at the anode, Yoshino and his collaborators made an anode of petroleum coke, which is a carbon -rich byproduct of oil refining. Charging the coke with electrons draws lithium ions into the anode.

Did Akira Yoshino have a Frank chat with Japan's Emperor?

AsianScientist (Jun. 1, 2018) – Not many people can boast of having sat down with Japan’s emperor for a meal, but Dr. Akira Yoshino has had that distinct honor. “I had a frank chat with the Emperor,” Yoshino said in an interview with Asian Scientist Magazine.