Chapter 289 Only success is allowed, no failure is allowed
If there is hope, who doesn't want to see his motherland leading other countries in the forefront of science and technology?
Those sitting in the living room today, whether it is Qin Anguo, Wang Guanghe, or Xu Chuan, all hope.
Judging from the current development, although the motherland has developed quite rapidly over the past few decades, it has gradually caught up with the first-tier Western countries.
But it has to be said that in most cutting-edge technological fields, they are still lagging far behind because they started too late.
Just like in the battery field.
Although the supply of lithium batteries produced by China's CATL now accounts for nearly a quarter of the world and more than 20% of the power battery market, and although BYD's lithium iron phosphate power batteries are also among the world's advanced levels, this There is still no way around the blood-sucking Western countries.
Every time they produce a battery, they will pay a certain amount of patent fees to foreign companies because of the various patents in it.
Take lithium iron phosphate batteries as an example. In the early years, for every ton of lithium batteries produced in China, a patent fee of 2,500 yuan was paid. Most of the money earned from battery production was taken away by foreigners.
Although there have been many major breakthroughs in the domestic battery industry, there is still a big gap compared with foreign countries or laboratory research institutes that have been studying the battery industry for a long time.
Especially in the layout of cutting-edge technology fields, the gap is even wider.
For example, after the lithium dendrite problem is solved, it is finally hoped that lithium-sulfur batteries can significantly increase the energy density of lithium batteries. Western countries have applied for countless patents.
In such an environment, even if you are the first to develop lithium-sulfur batteries, you may not be able to get rid of other people's patent barriers in the end.
In comparison, lithium-air batteries have few patent barriers.
Although it is difficult, it is more energy dense and more promising. If it can be developed, it will directly bypass lithium-sulfur batteries and leap ahead of other countries.
There is no doubt that this is quite tempting.
Facing Qin Anguo's question, Xu Chuan could only smile bitterly and shake his head: "Mr. Qin, you think that I am too omnipotent. I am just a mathematician. Even if I have certain scientific research capabilities, it is impossible to solve all problems." question.”
Hearing this, Qin Anguo showed a hint of disappointment.
Indeed, his demands were too high.
But to be honest, this was also an illusion given to him by the young scholar in front of him.
Ever since I met this person, he has given people a feeling of omnipotence, both in theory and application.
World-class problems, seven millennium problems, nuclear waste problems, lithium dendrite problems. All of them were solved one by one in his hands.
This makes people feel as if any problem can be solved in his hands.
On the side, Wang Guanghe did not pay attention to this aspect. He then asked: "You mean, we should focus on lithium-sulfur batteries?"
Xu Chuan nodded, then shook his head, a little confused when he saw Qin Anguo and Wang Guanghe.
After pondering for a while, he said: "I don't recommend focusing on the ultra-difficult technology of lithium-air batteries at the moment. It doesn't mean that lithium-air batteries don't need to be developed and are not important."
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“But for now, we need to spend money on projects that really need money, such as finding ways to circumvent the patents applied for lithium-sulfur batteries by Western countries, such as developing a new generation of lithium-ion batteries, etc. ”
"These are the things we need to do now."
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"Sorry for disturbing you today," Thank you Professor Xu for your valuable opinions. We will seriously consider these things. ”
After a long exchange, Wang Guanghe stood up with a smile and shook hands with Xu Chuan, preparing to say goodbye and leave.
Xu Chuan stood up with a smile and sent the two old men to the entrance of the courtyard.
This afternoon, he had a lot of chats with Qin Anguo and Wang Guanghe.
But the talk was basically about things he knew, or looking back at the past twenty years later as a reborn person, giving some guidance so that the motherland could try to avoid unnecessary investments and wrong routes.
This is the only thing he can do at the moment.
As for the layout and arrangement of the energy field and the future development direction of domestic energy, he remained silent as usual.
Because he doesn't understand.
Now that he has reached his current height, his words are no longer a matter of one person. To some extent, his words will now affect the development of an industry, a country, and even the entire world.
Just like the lithium battery this time, as long as he expresses his optimism about lithium-air batteries or other directions, he is guaranteed to have strong support from above, and even establish a special research project, the kind that requires people to give people and money to give money. And the project is almost destined to be led by him.
In addition, other countries and capital in the world will also frantically invest all kinds of funds into the field of lithium-air batteries.
But his innate sense of responsibility made it impossible for Xu Chuan to do this.
He knows very well that lithium-air batteries are currently a huge pit. Let alone him, a big star in the field of 'fake' batteries, jumping into it. Even if all the real big guns in this industry fill in, they may not be able to fill this hole.
There are many companies that have failed in lithium-air batteries. For example, the American business giant IBM announced in 2013 that it would cooperate with Asahi Kasei and Chuo Glass in the small island country to develop lithium-air batteries.
But until now, until Xu Chuan is reborn in the future, this project has been just a project, with almost no truly useful results.
According to historical development, two years later, in 2021, after seven years of research, they will come up with a lithium-air battery with an energy density per unit weight of 500Wh/kg.
But that was just a joke.
Indeed, it achieves this energy density standard, but 10 charge-discharge cycles will cause the battery's capacity to drop sharply, and more than 20 times it will be basically scrapped.
After investing tens of billions and taking seven years, business giants like IBM and battery industry giants from small island countries have not made any breakthroughs in lithium-air batteries.
It can be said that the various problems faced by lithium-air batteries cannot be solved in the past twenty years.
After seeing off the two big guys, Xu Chuan rested for a while and then set off for Qidong.
The temporary hiccup does not affect the overall work arrangement. At most, it is enough to ask Zheng Hai to help change the time of the high-speed rail ticket.
On the other hand, the excitement of the battery industry and battery-related industries, such as the mobile phone industry and the new energy vehicle industry, has just begun.
Not long after the press conference was held at the Chuanhai Materials Research Institute.
Some well-known domestic mobile phone manufacturers held product launch conferences in unison.
Chinese mobile phone suppliers such as Warwick, Dami, VIO, and OPP all released concept drawings, or PPT preset copywriting, of next-generation mobile phones at this press conference.
In addition to some performance improvements, the most eye-catching thing is that these manufacturers have unanimously increased the battery life of their mobile phones by a full three times. This means that the original mobile phone that could barely last a day on a full charge can be used for at least three days on a single charge in the new generation!
As soon as the news came out, the entire Internet instantly became excited.
[Holy shit, the battery life has been tripled? Did I read that right? 】
[Domestic machines are going to rise this time! Battery life tripled! Awesome! If domestically produced phones triple the battery life, who would use Apple? 】
[What about Apple? Why is there no movement from Apple this time? 】
[You guys above are overthinking it. This improvement seems to be a breakthrough in the lithium battery industry. Since it is a breakthrough in the entire lithium battery industry, all mobile phones will definitely improve together. Apple cannot be so short-sighted. 】
[It seems to be related to Sichuan God. Sichuan God made some kind of film not long ago. I heard that it is used to increase battery capacity. 】
[With the improved battery life, wouldn’t it mean that the battery life of electric vehicles can also be improved? Now it’s 400 kilometers, three times more, 1,200 kilometers, hiss~, awesome! 】
【Sichuan God? Isn't he a mathematician? Why did you start working on batteries? Kneel down to the boss, give your knees! 】
[I am a third-year graduate student, and I really want to vomit. My graduate thesis was about how to solve the problem of lithium dendrites. I also planned to study this field when I was studying for a Ph.D., but now it is gone.]
[The same goes for me. I also study the direction of lithium dendrites. It feels much better to see that I am not the only one suffering. 】
[I'm sad, but I want to laugh for no reason! 】
[I checked it out. It’s called ‘artificial SEI film’, which is used to solve the problem of lithium dendrites. Using this, the negative electrode of the lithium battery can be changed from graphite to lithium metal, and the battery capacity can be changed from the 372mAh/g of the graphite negative electrode. Upgraded to 3860mAh/g of lithium metal anode! 】
【etc? 372 increased to 3860? Isn’t that ten times as much? These stupid manufacturers only give us three times? 】
[Capitalists, everyone knows (squints and smiles), I will give you ten times this time, but you will not be promoted next time. If you are not promoted, how can you make you pay? 】
【Hang up street lights! Gan! 】
[I’m afraid the street lights are not enough! 】
It has to be said that it is indeed shocking that manufacturers such as Warwick and Rice announced the parameters and performance of their next-generation mobile phones before the artificial SEI film patent authorization has been finalized.
However, with the discussion on the Internet, they did not gain much fame, but received mixed praise and praise.
The main reason is that a data king has made a comparison copy and published it. In theory, the lithium dendrite problem has been solved and the performance of lithium batteries can be increased by at least ten times. However, these mobile phone manufacturers only gave three times.
This undoubtedly made the originally excited netizens feel deceived.
The explosive public opinion instantly turned these manufacturers into 'capitalists' that everyone shouted to beat.
The strange development of events caused several major mobile phone manufacturers and some battery manufacturers to stand up and publicly explain that although the lithium dendrite problem has been solved, battery performance improvement cannot be solved at once.
Giving everyone a battery with ten times the performance in a hurry may lead to various risks such as explosion and so on.
In addition, they also guarantee that as long as the battery performance is improved and the safety test is passed, it will be immediately used on their mobile phones.
Coupled with the help and explanations of a large number of V bloggers and navy troops, the incident was finally calmed down.
It has to be said that eating crabs in the first batch is still risky, and you may get pinched if you are not careful.
After domestic manufacturers fired the first shot, other foreign mobile phone manufacturers also followed the pace and held their own product launches.
Including Apple, which has always been proud, has also publicly stated that it will greatly improve the battery life of its next-generation mobile phones.
After all, the battery life of Apple mobile phones has always been criticized by fans.
In addition to the mobile phone industry, there are also new energy vehicles, which have also come forward to express the improvement of their car's cruising range.
But the strange thing is that almost all of these manufacturers have locked the battery life improvement at about three times the original.
It seems that lithium batteries after technological breakthroughs can really only reach this limit.
As for whether it is true or false, ordinary people probably don't know, or they have no choice.
Breakthroughs in lithium battery technology continue to have an impact on all walks of life.
On the other hand, Xu Chuan no longer pays much attention to these things.
After successfully arriving at the Nuclear Energy Research Institute in Qidong, more than a week has passed.
Now that the Nuclear Energy Research Institute and the Nuclear Waste Power Plant have basically completed their work, only the final linear particle accelerator and the placement of high-concentration nuclear waste are left.
In a few days, the nuclear waste power station will begin its first, or perhaps only, comprehensive test in its life.
If it were other projects, the product testing during project acceptance would definitely not be so sloppy.
However, nuclear waste power generation is different. Due to the high danger of nuclear waste, after these wastes are transported to the core conversion area, the core area will be fully enclosed.
Unless there is a major problem or the radiation from the nuclear waste inside is exhausted, the core area will not be opened again.
In fact, both Xuchuan and the higher-ups were prepared to shut down the entire industrial park in the event of an accident during the power generation process.
Without him, it would be too dangerous here right now.
If more than 500 tons of highly concentrated nuclear waste leaks, at least a dozen kilometers nearby will become the hardest hit area.
Of course, this probability is very small. Even if a problem occurs, the one-meter-thick 'crystalline erbium zirconate' countermeasure material deployed outside the core conversion area can completely preserve the five hundred tons of nuclear waste. inside.
It is equivalent to spending more than 10 billion to build a base to store 500 tons of high-concentration nuclear waste.
In the past, this was actually worth it.
In recent years, as the number of nuclear power plants has increased rapidly, so has the amount of troublesome nuclear waste.
China will spend more and more money on nuclear waste disposal every year. More than 10 billion is nothing to a huge country.
After all, these are extremely radioactive high-level nuclear waste.
But for the nuclear energy project as a whole, it was undoubtedly a failure.
Although a scientific research project cannot always be smooth sailing, failure and encountering problems are the norm, but for Xu Chuan, in this project, he only allows success and does not allow failure!
(End of chapter)