Koichi Mizushima (scientist)

Koichi Mizushima
Born (1941-01-30) 30 January 1941
Tokyo, Japan
Nationality Japan
Alma mater University of Tokyo
Known for Discovery of LiCoO2 for Li-ion battery

Koichi Mizushima (水島公一 Mizushima Kōichi, born January 30, 1941) is a Japanese researcher known for discovering LiCoO2 and related materials for the Li-ion battery.

Early career

Koichi Mizushima was trained as a physicist in University of Tokyo and got a PhD in Physics from University of Tokyo. He worked for 13 years in Physics Department at University of Tokyo. In 1977, he was invited by Professor John Goodenough in the Inorganic Chemistry Department at Oxford University for a research scientist. During his stay (1977-1979) in Oxford, Dr. Mizushima, along with John B. Goodenough, discovered LiCoO2 and related compounds now used for the anode of Li-ion battery.[1][2][3]

Honors

References

  1. K. Mizushima, P.C. Jones, P.J. Wiseman, J.B. Goodenough, LixCoO2 (0<x<-1): A new cathode material for batteries of high energy density, Materials Research Bulletin, 15 (6), Jun 1980, 783-789.
  2. EP17400B1, J. B. Goodenough, K. Mizushima, P. J. Wiseman.
  3. US patent 4357215 J.B. Goodenough and K. Mizushima.


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