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Ryoji Kanno
Pioneer of the All-Solid-State Battery | Inventor of the LGPS Solid Electrolyte | Institute Professor & Director, Research Center for All-Solid-State Batteries, Science Tokyo
Ryoji Kanno is a pioneer of the all-solid-state battery, the technology poised to transform electric vehicles, electronics, and the energy transition. In 2011 he discovered LGPS, a solid electrolyte that moves lithium ions faster than liquid, doubling battery output across extreme temperatures. Director of the Research Center for All-Solid-State Batteries at the Institute of Science Tokyo, he shares an authoritative view of where energy storage is truly heading.
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Ryoji Kanno biography
Ryoji Kanno is one of the world’s foremost authorities on next-generation energy storage and a pioneer of the all-solid-state battery, a technology widely expected to reshape electric vehicles, electronics, and the global energy transition. A professor and researcher for more than four decades, he is best known for discovering LGPS, a breakthrough solid material that conducts lithium ions faster than the liquid electrolytes used in conventional batteries.
Science speaker Ryoji Kanno serves as Institute Professor and Director of the Research Center for All-Solid-State Batteries at the Institute of Integrated Research, Institute of Science Tokyo (formerly the Tokyo Institute of Technology). Since 1980, his research has centered on the inorganic materials at the heart of electrochemical energy storage, from lithium-ion battery electrodes to solid oxide fuel cells. His central insight has been that the future of batteries depends on the electrolyte: to replace the flammable liquid inside today’s lithium-ion cells, scientists need a solid through which ions can move with exceptional speed.
The LGPS Breakthrough
In 2011, Kanno and his team achieved exactly that. By combining lithium, germanium, phosphorus, and sulfur, they created Li₁₀GeP₂S₁₂, known as LGPS, a solid electrolyte through which lithium ions travel even faster than in liquid at room temperature. Batteries built with such materials demonstrated more than twice the output of conventional lithium-ion cells while operating reliably across an extreme temperature range, from roughly minus 30 to over 100 degrees Celsius. The discovery galvanized laboratories and manufacturers worldwide and remains a cornerstone of the global race to commercialize solid-state batteries. Kanno’s contributions have been recognized with numerous honors, including his election as a 2025 Fellow of The Electrochemical Society.
As a speaker, Ryoji Kanno offers audiences a clear, authoritative view of one of the most consequential technologies of the coming decades. He explains why battery innovation has been so slow, what makes solid-state batteries different, and how this shift could transform mobility, renewable energy, and electronics. Senior audiences gain not only a grasp of the science, told accessibly by the person who made the key discovery, but a grounded sense of where energy storage is genuinely heading and why it matters for industry and society.
Ryoji Kanno Speaking Videos
Material Development for Novel Energy Devices - Kanno & Suzuki Laboratory
All-solid-state batteries - Tokyo Tech Research
Ryoji Kanno Keynote Topics
Ryoji Kanno explains why the battery, largely unchanged in its fundamentals for decades, is on the verge of its most important transformation. He explores how replacing liquid electrolytes with solids could deliver safer, longer-lasting, higher-performance batteries, and what that means for electric vehicles, electronics, and renewable energy.
The discovery of LGPS, a solid that conducts lithium ions faster than liquid, reset expectations for what batteries could do. Kanno tells the story of that breakthrough firsthand, from the scientific puzzle to the material itself, offering a rare window into how a fundamental discovery is made and why it matters.
Reliable, high-capacity energy storage is the linchpin of a decarbonized world. Kanno examines the role next-generation batteries will play in electrifying transport, stabilizing renewable power grids, and meeting global climate goals, along with the real engineering and commercialization challenges that remain.
More than thirty years after lithium-ion batteries arrived, society is only beginning to master them, a testament to how hard material innovation truly is. Drawing on four decades of research, Kanno reflects on patience, persistence, and the long road from laboratory discovery to world-changing technology.
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Why Ryoji Kanno?
Booking Ryoji Kanno gives audiences direct access to one of the defining scientific minds behind the future of energy. As the discoverer of the LGPS solid electrolyte and a pioneer of the all-solid-state battery, he offers a firsthand, authoritative perspective on a technology that could reshape electric vehicles, consumer electronics, and the global energy transition. His ability to explain complex materials science clearly, paired with the credibility of having made a landmark discovery himself, makes him a compelling voice for executives, engineers, and policymakers alike. He is an ideal speaker for events on energy, mobility, sustainability, technology, and innovation, where audiences want to understand not just the hype around batteries but the genuine science of what comes next. To bring Ryoji Kanno to your next event, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
What is LGPS, and why is it important?
LGPS (Li₁₀GeP₂S₁₂) is a solid electrolyte material discovered by Ryoji Kanno and his team in 2011. Its significance lies in conducting lithium ions faster than the liquid electrolytes used in conventional lithium-ion batteries, while remaining fully solid. This makes it a foundational material for all-solid-state batteries, which promise greater safety, higher performance, and a much wider operating temperature range than today's batteries.
What is an all-solid-state battery?
An all-solid-state battery replaces the flammable liquid electrolyte found in conventional lithium-ion batteries with a solid material through which ions can move. This design can offer improved safety, higher energy output, longer life, and reliable operation across extreme temperatures. It is widely viewed as one of the most promising next-generation energy-storage technologies, and Ryoji Kanno's discovery of high-speed solid electrolytes such as LGPS helped make it possible.
What topics does science speaker Ryoji Kanno cover?
Ryoji Kanno speaks on the future of energy storage, all-solid-state batteries, the LGPS breakthrough, the role of batteries in the energy transition and electric mobility, and the long arc of materials innovation. His talks suit conferences and corporate events in energy, automotive, electronics, sustainability, and deep technology, as well as audiences seeking authoritative insight into where battery technology is heading. To book Ryoji Kanno as a speaker, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
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