Battery material supplier Nexeon has appointed three senior researchers from Sony for its R&D department in Oxfordshire, UK.
Kenta Yamamoto, Kengo Ichimiya and Akifumi Nakamura have worked in battery developments in the past years at Sony.
“Their considerable experience will be invaluable to our development efforts, and will help us to maintain close links with our OEM partners in Asia,” said Scott Brown, CEO of Nexeon.
Yamamoto previously worked on anode and Mg-ion cathode systems at Sony’s Primary Battery Division. Ichimiya developed polymer battery technology and Nakamura worked on silicon anodes and cell optimisation.
Nexeon recently appointed Sony’s former gel electrolytes and polymer Li-ion developer Tsuyonobu Hatazawa as chief technology officer. He splits the time between Nexeon’s headquarters in Oxfordshire and the facility in Tokyo, Japan, which was opened last year.
Nexeon recently completed the construction and commissioning of a facility at its UK headquarters that aims to produce 20 tonnes of battery material per year.
