Akira Yoshino

Nobel Laureate, Battery Pioneer

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Born: January 30, 1948, Suita

Education: Kyoto University, University of Osaka, Osaka Prefectural Kitano High School

Last updated Nov 1, 2026

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The hidden crack problem destroying EV batteries

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As of May 2026: Honorary Fellow, Asahi Kasei Corporation

On December 29, University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory researchers published findings in Nature Nanotechnology that flip battery science on its head. Single-crystal lithium-ion batteries, designed to avoid the grain-boundary cracking that plagued older batteries, are failing anyway — for the exact opposite reason scientists expected.

Updated May 18