Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

The meeting venue is at Hyatt Regency, located in Union Square, just a short walk from Chinatown. The hotel offers in-house dining and an 24 hour gym, and a dedicated meeting room is available for academic conferences.

Driving Lu Zhou to the destination, Sarnot stopped the car in the underground garage and went to the elevator with Lu Zhou.

This kind of meeting is not only a good opportunity to exchange academic problems with peers, but also a good opportunity to expand your network. An opportunity like this, any aspiring researcher will not let go.

Of course, unlike his Boss, Lu Zhou started from the moment he got on the plane, and all the expenses were reimbursed by the organizer. And when Sarrot attended this meeting, he had to pay for it.

Standing on the elevator, Lu Zhou looked towards Sarrot: “I am going to go upstairs to sleep, what about you?”

Sarot couldn’t believe to look at Lu Zhou: “You are going to sleep? There is still a dance party.”

“I can’t dance,” Lu Zhou yawned and said with a lack of interest. “And this kind of party is enough.”

On the evening of the day of the seminar, there was a larger, more formal dance.

As for this party that warms up for academic exchanges, it doesn’t matter to him to participate.

After spending a few hours on the plane, he now just wants to sleep in bed, for tomorrow’s awards ceremony and speech conserve strength and store up energy.

Sarrot made a helpless expression: “Then you go to sleep, I will wait for a while in the lobby on the first floor. Do you need me to send a dinner to your room?”

Lu Zhou waved his hand: “No, you have fun, if you are hungry, you will call the front desk.”

Sarot’s room is on the third floor. Before going to the ball, he still needs to make some preparations, such as adding some mousse to his hair.

As for Lu Zhou, I took the elevator and went up to the fifth floor.

Passing through the red carpeted hallway, while passing through the rest area in the middle of the corridor, the two men in suits noticed him, immediately stopped talking, got up from the sofa and greeted him.

Lu Zhou looked at the two faces who had come face-to-face with some surprises. I only thought that one of them was familiar, but could not name it.

“Fortunately, the Foundation Professor from Princeton, I am very happy to meet you here.” The old-fashioned old man extended his right hand and shook hands with Lu Zhou, eagerly said.

“Hello… are you?”

“Stanley Whitingham, State University of New York at Binghamton,” the old man politely self-introduced.

When I heard the name, Lu Zhou’s expression suddenly appeared a bit stunned.

Stanley Whittingham, this person is also a big bull in the field of lithium batteries, no wonder he will feel familiar.

As for the old man, there are many cows. As early as the 70 era, he used titanium sulfide as the cathode material and metal lithium as the anode material to design the earliest lithium battery. And this is also recognized, the earliest lithium battery.

However, lithium batteries have not been able to successfully exit the laboratory because of the safety problems caused by the well-known lithium dendrites. Until Lu Zhou’s modified PDMS material solved this problem, the lithium battery was completed from the bomb to the battery.

“Fortunately, I will be lucky,” Lu Zhou and Stanley shook hands and looked toward the person standing next to him. “Is this?”

Stanley Professor introduced: “This is Darren Woods, CEO of ExxonMobil.”

“I am very glad to meet you, Lu Professor.” Darren Woods also laughed at Lu Zhou and extended the right hand. “Thesis you published in Nature and Science is impressive. Some opinions are too Hard to understand, I am afraid I have a lot of things to ask you.”

Although I have never heard of Darren Woods, Exxon Mouf has heard of it.

I remember that just two months ago, the CEO of Mobil was Rex Tillerson. However, with the arrival of a real estate tycoon, the executive who was named “the world’s most influential CEO” in 16, submitted his resignation and moved to become the Secretary of State.

It seems that this Woods is the successor of Tillerson.

“Hello,” shook hands with the CEO. Lu Zhou looked at him unexpectedly and asked: “Woods mister is also interested in lithium batteries?”

Woods lightly smiled: “Of course, oil is a precious chemical raw material. It is too wasteful to burn. Compared with gasoline, we are more willing to turn it into chemical raw materials. In fact, in order to alleviate a series of climates such as global warming. The problem, we have been committed to investment in new energy fields, and batteries are naturally a vital part of it.”

Although Exxon Mobil is an oil and gas company, its involvement is not only oil and gas, but also in the chemical, automotive, new energy and other industries.

The earliest lithium battery was made by Stanley’s laboratory, and the funder was Mobil Chemical.

Lu Zhou laughed, didn’t speak.

It is normal for Mobil to be interested in the new energy field. It would be strange to be uninterested. But the reason is because of the social responsibility such as global warming, it is too funny.

Looking at Lu Zhou with a gaze, Woods continued to ask with a smile: “Speaking, is there any progress in the synthesis of HCS-1 materials?”

Lu Zhou shook his head: “Not yet.”

“That’s really regrettable,” Woods sighed, in a rather regrettable tone. “That’s a very good material, but its price is a bit unacceptable.”

Obviously, Mobil Chemical also used the method described by Lu Zhou in thesis to co-heat the carbon nanotubes with fullerene materials, screened a small amount of HCS-1, and matched the mass fraction according to 20%. It is mixed with elemental sulfur.

Although the number of cycles and cycle efficiency are not friendly, their excellent energy density is still coveted.

Such as the four-rotor UAV, some underwater operating equipment, the field of high endurance performance requirements, lithium-sulfur battery space is still very large

Lu Zhou smiled and said, “Yes, but in my opinion, it still has a lot of flaws.”

Woods shook his head. “No, no, you don’t understand. Not all batteries are so demanding on the number of cycles and cycle efficiency. Sometimes we use replaceable disposable batteries for energy density.”

After a pause, Woods smiled and made an invitation: “If you solve this technical problem, you will benefit from the whole World. Do you know if you need some funding?”

Lu Zhou shook his head: “Unfortunately, my research does not need it. Maybe you can consider investing in some more potential laboratories.”

“That’s a shame. In my opinion, no one has more potential than you to complete this great work.”

This is the second time Woods has said the word “regret”, but although he said so, his expression is not much regrettable.

Obviously, similar research is being conducted in the lab of Mobil Investment.

And I am afraid that a lot of results have been made, but the staged results are not published.

Looking at the Stanley Professor standing next to him, Lu Zhou felt a little bit in his heart.

The two men originally came to inquire about their own research progress.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhou couldn’t help but smile and shook her head.

Want to know his research progress?

Well, if you buy this “Science”, you won’t know it.

He has never been hiding.

After talking a few words, I found that the two had been testing themselves. Lu Zhou suddenly felt that there was a lack of interest, and he said aloud and dragged the suitcase to his room.

Watching the woods who left the big man, he gradually put away a smile on his face and looked at the Stanley Professor next to him.

“What step do you think his research has taken?”

Stanley Professor slightly frowned: “Not very good, this person is very deep. If the two thesis in Science is his current research progress, our chances of winning this place are still very big. But I don’t believe that there is only this.”

Paused, Stanley Professor’s expression is a bit dignified, and the tone continues to say seriously.

“Did you not notice? Although we have been testing his research progress, he is indifferent to the progress of our research, and even has no interest in asking…”