Nobel winner Yoshino describes vision of future sustainable society english.kyodonews.net

KYODO NEWS - 2 hours ago - 22:49 | All, WorldJapanese chemist Akira Yoshino, one of the three winners of this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry for contributions to the development of lithium-ion batteries, said Sunday such batteries will play a key role in achieving a sustainable society.
((From L) Akira Yoshino, John Goodenough and Stanley Whittingham)In the lecture, titled "Brief History and Future of Lithium-ion Batteries," Yoshino underscored that the development of the batteries can be linked with that of AI, the internet of things and next-general wireless networks.
"Innovation all around will enable a sustainable society to be achieved very soon," Yoshino said.
The native of Osaka Prefecture shared the award with John Goodenough of the United States and Stanley Whittingham of Britain.
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