Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

Wang Haifeng was very unhappy recently.

Or to be more precise, he has not been happy for the past six months.

First, the opening report was called back to redo because of the novelty problem, and was also dug by the Nanjing Institute of Computational Materials.

To be honest, he never thought about it, the thick eyebrows and big eyes, and the seemingly honest Little Liu, would betray him.

This is good. There are not many students with the ability in his lab. The most reliable one is gone. Many of the things that were originally given to Liu Hong, and now have to be personally played by his veteran.

All the way to the road, the subject is finally applied, and research funding is gradually in place.

However, in a few days, there was a “bad news” on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. The Binghamton University Materials Research Institute, sponsored by ExxonMobil, developed a caged carbon molecule that successfully solved the lithium-sulfur battery. Shuttle effect.

This thesis was published in the chemistry magazine “JACS” and was promoted by ExxonMobil. Now the whole academic and industrial vision is focused on Stanley Professor and his thesis.

It is not just Wang Haifeng that has been hit by this news. Almost all the domestic research and development teams that are doing lithium-sulfur battery projects, especially in the “shuttle effect”, have been greatly affected.

Especially for the horizontal issue of taking money from enterprises, many companies have cut their investment in this piece for cost reasons.

Research teams that can’t even get out of staged results are even facing the dilemma of being divested.

In contrast, Wang Haifeng is still relatively lucky.

As a student of the Yangtze River, he applied for the subject instead of a horizontal issue, but a vertical subject, taking money from the National Research Fund.

Compared with the cooperation with enterprises, vertical issues do not need to consider the problem of “profit and loss”, and are less affected by changes in the market environment. Although there is no horizontal easy money, various management procedures are troublesome, but the benefits are stable.

At least, don’t worry that the subject is half done, the investors can’t see the results for a long time, and the table doesn’t work.

But in any case, ExxonMobil has pioneered the establishment of patent barriers on lithium-sulfur batteries, and has mastered the pricing power of lithium-sulfur battery cathode materials, which is a bad news for the global new energy industry.

For such an ending, although Wang Haifeng feels sorry for the future of domestic new energy companies, there is still some comfort in the depths of his heart.

As for where the comfort comes from…

At least, it’s not Lu Zhou’s kid who’s on the lithium-sulfur battery.

After all, what Stanley Professor said is also a big cow in the field of lithium battery. The earliest model of lithium battery is made by this one. Even if he loses to him, there is nothing disgraceful. Even if he loses gold on his face, he can even say that he is defeated.

But if you lose to the Junior, Lu Zhou, then it really makes Wang Haifeng feel that there is no place for his old face.

After finishing the class, Professor Wang is preparing to go to the lab building.

At this time, a man in a suit, with an assistant, greeted him.

Looking at the strange man, and looked at the assistant behind him, Wang Haifeng frowned, asked.

“you are?”

The man in the suit had a friendly smile on his face and reached out to hand the business card on his hand.

“Hello, I am a reporter for the Journal of Science, you can call me Xiao Li.”

“Journal of the journal?” Wang Haifeng frowns, “What are you looking for?”

Xiao Li said with respect and respect: “This is the case. I have learned from many places that you are a big bull in the field of battery materials, so I would like to interview you about some aspects of the battery. I don’t know if you have time now?”

Originally, Wang Haifeng did not intend to be interviewed, but when he heard the word “Da Niu”, he couldn’t help but feel a little fluttering, and he said casually.

“I am very busy, I can only give you ten minutes at most. If you have any questions, you can ask directly.”

“Okay, Professor Wang.” The little Li’s face suddenly showed a bright smile. He used his eyes to signal the assistant behind him to take notes. At the same time, he took out the recorder and opened the question. He began to ask questions. “About the time when it was published in JACS. Thesis written by Stanley Professor, what do you think?”

Wang Haifeng said with a sigh: “There is no final conclusion in the academic world, but the author of thesis after all is Stanley Professor, and his credibility is still quite high in his academic reputation.”

Xiao Li continued to ask: “So, do you think that this caged carbon molecule has more industrial application prospects than the HCS-1 material developed by the former Professor?”

“HCS-1?” Wang Haifeng snorted and shook his head. “The two are not comparable at all. If the former is a lamp, then the latter is probably equivalent to the tail of a firefly. If you want to say it, two The gap between the people is so big.”

Speaking of this, Wang Haifeng wanted to laugh.

So what do you think about the 20-year-old Professor?

Still not being preempted by others.

Xiao Li surprisedly said: “This metaphor… Is it too exaggerated?”

Wang Haifeng said without hesitation: “It is not an exaggeration. I am a bit conservative. I am a layman and may not know much about the Material Science industry. In fact, our field will be used every once in a while. Excellent research results were born, but even less than 10% of these research results have industrial application prospects. The HCS-1 material is a phased achievement, which is a good result from an academic point of view. In terms of the world, this technology is simply worthless. Do you think anyone is interested in his patent? Nothing at all.”

Xiao Li seems to understand nondded, and continues to ask: “How do you know that the caged carbon molecule obtained by the Stanley Professor research team must have industrial application prospects? Is it through the data on thesis?”

“The focus is not thesis, but the attitude of ExxonMobil. The international energy giant, but you don’t release the hawk until you’ve seen the hare, can arouse their interest, this technology is obviously It’s not a fake.” On the face of a pair of people’s expressions, Wang Haifeng continued with a feeling of emotion. “I have to say that this hollow carbon ball is a very good direction, not just the research team of Lu’s Professor, many domestic The research team is also doing this, and of course it includes myself.”

“I think that Lu’s professors’ high-profile comments on optimistic hollow carbon balls are not a suitable choice. Even if you are really optimistic, you can’t do it yourself. Maybe people have not thought about this direction. When you say this, others think it makes sense. If you say it, you can do it according to your ideas.”

“But I can understand that after all is young people, young and energetic. When he is a big ten-twenty, he may learn what is steady.”

When he said this, Professor Wang looked pitiful.

As if the reason for this defeat, half of the pot is because of Lu Zhou’s “pig teammate”, the words are too clear.

However, in fact, what he said is a bit worried.

Before that seminar, there were not many teams that chose hollow carbon balls as their research direction. Whether they are domestic or foreign, they are far from hot.

Including Wang Haifeng himself, although he had been doing carbon-sulfur composite materials long ago, at first he designed the experimental ideas, and he did not take the hollow carbon ball at all.

What’s more, the content of the seminar was announced, and there was no relationship with Lu Zhou. It was decided above.

However, this mouth is growing on him. If you want to say it, naturally he is also his own.

Xiao Li eyes shined, smelling the news from Wang Haifeng’s tone, immediately asked: “What is your evaluation of the Ground Professor?”

Wang Haifeng laughed, a look of the world’s expert, a long commented: “It’s a scientific research talent. If you go to any research institute, you can do a great job, but it lacks a big picture and is embarrassing.”

Xiao Li: “Why do you say that?”

Professor Wang laughed: “Look at the Nanjing Institute of Computational Materials, which has nearly $100 million in funds going in, is there a splash?”

Although this is a bit sour, he did not feel embarrassed when he spoke.

After all, the limited application prospect of HCS-1 is not something that he believes is open, but everyone knows it…

In front of the reporter, there was a big force. Wang Haifeng’s mood at this moment was like eating a popsicle in the sky. He only felt comfortable and couldn’t tell.

He returned to the lab with a little song, and he staggered and sat in the office chair.

At this time, his newly hired assistant, holding a journal that he just sent, went straight to him after entering the laboratory.

“Professor, this is the new “Science”, you told me before, I will send it to you when I receive this journal. Then I will put it here first.”

“Well, let’s put it here,” Suddenly, Wang Haifeng noticed that the expression on the assistant’s face was a little bit wrong, and could not help but frowned. “What happened to you?”

“No, nothing,” put the journal in his hand on the table. The assistant was laughed and refused to say anything. After the journal was sent over, he hurriedly left.

From the voice, I sniffed out an unusual taste. Wang Haifeng frowns, but did not say, just reached out and picked up the brand new “Science”.

However, just as he was preparing to open the cover and intend to look at the content section, his hand suddenly stopped.

It wasn’t just the movements on the hand that stopped, along with his line of sight, or even the breathing, but also like the petrification, solidified there.

I saw that on the cover of this issue of Science, the section “highlights” was set up, and a line of text was listed.

That is Wang Haifeng, and I don’t want to see it anyway –

[HCS-2 material: the terminator of the shuttle effect]