Chapter 245 Turbocharged Solar Technology

10,000 words update, no recommendation, it's really no motivation, can you give some force?

Professor Matt expressed a lot of kindness, which also made Jin Xiaoqiang feel very happy, it seems that his silver was smashed in the right place.

In fact, when he negotiated with Jeffrey, the reason why he generously agreed to give the other party 300 million Australian dollars was another purpose, that is, to express his goodwill to Professor Matt through Jeffrey.

In fact, after Jeffrey introduced Professor Matt's background to him, Jin Xiaoqiang began to pay attention, and hurriedly asked his team to start an investigation into Professor Matt.

Fortunately, Professor Matt is also a well-known figure in Australia, especially in the research and development of solar cells, and soon they saw this professor's paper in the newspaper and in scientific research magazines some time ago, as well as his verified experiments.

The professor uses a new type of laser process, as well as a chemical erosion process, to divide a large solar panel into countless small panels, which greatly saves the cost of solar cells, and also improves the photoelectric conversion ability of this battery.

However, Jin Xiaoqiang attaches great importance to this, and he must know that his future hybrid vehicles will definitely be involved in solar cells.

However, at present, in terms of battery research and development, he really has no capable people, although the Celestial Empire is also known as a scientific and technological power of solar energy, but Jin Xiaoqiang also knows that our domestic solar energy industry, like other industries, is large but not refined, in the key core technology field, in fact, it is still only held by foreigners.

So when he was going to start researching electric cars and hybrid cars, he had already begun to plan ahead, sending Alice and Wang Jiao out to collect manpower everywhere.

As long as he can engage in scientific research diligently and has real work under his hands, especially in lithium batteries and solar cells, he wants to envelop these people under his banner.

Now that he has met this Professor Matt, of course he is thinking about what to do to make this Professor Matt serve him!

"Oh, you really have won the award, although I have a certain achievement in the field of automobiles, but our research and development field is different, in my opinion, your research field is the real king, after all, with the advent of the era of more and more depletion of petroleum energy, new energy technology will become the focus of our human research object, and for your achievements in this field, I am even more impressed."

Thousands of wears, sycophants do not wear, this truth is eternal, and whether you are from the Celestial Empire or a foreigner, this truth is applicable to anyone.

Sure enough, after Professor Matt listened to Jin Xiaoqiang's words, the smile on his face became even stronger, and the whole person felt as if he was walking in the bright spring sun of May, and the breeze was as comfortable as the breeze.

Professor Matt's research is almost in the shape of a crescent moon, he knows that although he has certain achievements in the field of solar cells, but when it comes to real influence, where can he compare with the big boss of a star company like Jin Xiaoqiang.

"Mr. Jin, you are really too awarded, I am just a small achievement, compared to you, it is really nothing."

Matt is still very humble, but Jin Xiaoqiang grabbed it tightly and continued to praise him.

"Professor Matt, I really admire your scientific achievements, by the way, can you tell me about your craftsmanship?"

This sentence can be said to tickle Matt's itch, and it has always been his pride to know this new method of making solar cells.

"Hehe, well, Mr. Jin, you know, most of the solar cells we use now are based on 0.1 cm thick silicon chips, and such chips are generally arranged vertically in solar cells. The new process I developed this time is to first use a laser knife to cut these chips, and then use alkali solution to corrode these chips, of course, this requires a lot of complicated means, after this series of processing, we can now do it, this chip, cut into 1000 small units of chips. ”

When Jin Xiaoqiang heard this, he couldn't help but grow his mouth, the 0.1 cm thick chip was actually broken down into 1,000 small chips by this guy, and the technology of these guys is too awesome!

Matt also saw Jin Xiaoqiang's expression, he felt very satisfied with Jin Xiaoqiang's reaction, you must know that when many people know this result, they can't help but be surprised, after all, this technology is really amazing.

"Then we are using the model flattening method to smooth these small chips on a panel, so that a brand new solar cell is made, and the thickness of this solar cell is only equivalent to a piece of plastic wrap, and the area is about the size of two sheets of A4 paper, this kind of battery can be equivalent to the power generation of an ordinary large solar panel in the past."

Matt said as he gestured with his hand to the shape of the solar panel, and Jin Xiaoqiang was stunned when he heard it, and his heart was beating violently.

If you really want to sleep, someone will come to send pillows, and just when you want to study hybrid electric vehicles, God here sent a master of solar cells.

You must know that later generations have also considered using solar cells in hybrid electric vehicles, after all, it is a bit too inconvenient to charge the car just by charging at home, or charging stations.

Wouldn't it be better if you could install a solar panel in your car and be able to charge your car anytime and anywhere? However, due to the lack of solar technology, this plan was also cancelled.

But I didn't expect to let myself meet this Professor Matt in this life, and it seems that his invention can just help me solve the problem of using solar energy to charge this car.

It's just that since his skills are so powerful, why haven't you heard of him much in your previous life?

"So that's the case? So Professor Matt, I would like to ask, why is your solar cell technology not being popularized on a large scale? ”

Although Jin Xiaoqiang knew that this question was a bit presumptuous, he still couldn't help but ask, he wanted to know more specific reasons, how expensive is this technology, and where is it expensive?

Matt didn't hide it, and after listening to Jin Xiaoqiang's question, he answered him.

"Mr. Jin is like this, our technology is indeed very novel, and it can also increase the photoelectric accuracy of ordinary solar cells from the original 18% to 21%, but in the process of processing, we have to use a very complex process, laser cutting, and the technology of alkali corrosion is very complicated, which will cause the production cost of this solar panel to be too expensive, and although his photoelectric conversion rate can reach 21%, compared with the popular ordinary batteries on the market, His efficiency is still a bit low, so if it is popularized in a large area, it is really a bit worth the loss, so this is the main reason why at present, our patents are not bought by anyone. ”

It turns out that the problem is really in this processing process, although this process can lead the production of such a panel than the original battery board to save a lot of raw materials, but this cost does not seem to be much reduced, and the 21% photoelectric conversion rate, compared with other batteries, is indeed not much advantage.

Jin Xiaoqiang pondered, and Matt on the other side couldn't help but feel moved when he saw Jin Xiaoqiang's serious thinking, what's the matter, is this guy interested in solar cells?

You know, he's working with his old buddy, Professor Edwards, who is also a professor at the University of Sydney, and he's always been working on new technologies for solar cells, but now the funding is very scarce, and if this guy is interested in solar cells, then, maybe...... Maybe you can get some investment from him?

Thinking of this, Matt hurriedly continued to Jin Xiaoqiang.

"Mr. Kim, are you interested in solar cells?"

"Yes! It's just that the technology of this solar cell is still too immature, with a conversion rate of only about 20%, which is not enough......"

Indeed, in later generations, BYD, a car company in the Celestial Empire, once installed such a battery with a conversion rate of more than 20% on their electric vehicles, but later it was complained that there was almost no difference between installing it and not installing it.

So he was a little worried, even if he got these technologies, what could he do?

"Well, hehe, okay, then I'll tell you about it, in fact, I'm working with my colleague Edwards on a new solar technology, we're going to call it 'turbocharged solar cell technology', if this technology can be successfully studied, then do you know how much we can achieve the photoelectric conversion rate?"

At this time, Jin Xiaoqiang had already been attracted by Matt's words, 'turbocharged solar cell technology', it sounds interesting.

"If this technology is successfully developed, then the photoelectric conversion rate of this solar cell can reach 40%!"

Matt said to Jin Xiaoqiang with pride on his face, and at this time, Jin Xiaoqiang was completely shocked by the data reported by Matt.

What is the concept of a photoelectric conversion rate of 40 percent? This means that if a family has several of these solar panels on its walls, then their total monthly electricity consumption can be reduced by 50 percent, or even more.

In this way, it can alleviate the problem of electricity shortage for a family or even a country.

"Can you give me a detailed explanation?"

Jin Xiaoqiang was really interested, and he asked Matt to continue explaining.

"Mr. Jin, you know the working principle of ordinary solar cells, which is to convert electrical energy through photochemical frequency conversion, but in the process of this conversion, it is often thought that the arrangement of the battery material or the silicon crystal structure inside will reduce the conversion frequency, so that only a part of the solar spectrum can be converted into electrical energy. But now Edwards and I are going to work on a new material, which means that we plan to adjust the structure of the original silicon wafer, and in this way, we can force two low-energy red photons in the cell to join and turn them into a yellow photon, and then we can catch the light and convert it into electricity. Edwards and I have done this many times on the computer, and it is theoretically fine, but now we have to work out a process that will make the internal molecular structure of the silicon wafer change the kind we want. ”

Matt's explanation, although Jin Xiaoqiang didn't understand most of it, he still vaguely understood what Matt meant.

Hehe, that's right, since everyone understands people, let's talk about it straight to the point!

"Well, Matt, what stage of your experiment is currently underway?"

"Uh...... At present, it has not been carried out, and we have done the research on those two processing technologies before, because they have not been converted into funds, so at present, our next stage of research has not been carried out. ”

Matt also understood what Jin Xiaoqiang meant, and the surname Suo went straight to the point.

"How much money do you need to complete this project?"

Jin Xiaoqiang asked again.

"Uh...... This one...... It could probably be about $100 million, and it would take a year or two. ”

Matt thought for a moment, then replied to Jin Xiaoqiang.

"What do you think if I were to invest in this project?"

Jin Xiaoqiang asked with a smile again.

"Haha, of course you are welcome to invest!"

Such an experiment is very risky and costs a lot of money, and Matt certainly doesn't want to end up smashing all his net worth in it and then get nothing?

Now somebody wants to invest in it so they can reduce their risk, and of course it's best for him and Edwards.

"Well, so be it! I can fund this experiment of yours, and $100 million is nothing to me, but in a phased situation, every step of your experiment must be reported to me, and then I will send someone to follow up and approve the flow of funds. Of course, if this experiment is successful, then I want 50% of the rights, and the remaining 50% belongs to you and Professor Edwards, and if I want to invest in this project, I want to get your previous laser cutting, and lye etching new process for processing solar cell chips. ”

Jin Xiaoqiang also went straight to the point, and he directly stated his conditions.

Matt on the other side was almost jumping up excitedly at this time, this is really great, those two processes, because the cost is too expensive, so no one has been interested, since Jin Xiaoqiang is willing to ask for it, then give it to him.

And if they can get a $100 million investment from him, won't their next solar cell research and development plan be carried out soon?

Matt felt that if Edwards had heard such a condition, he would have agreed.

"I couldn't agree more with your terms, but I'm going to go back and talk to Edwards about getting back to you tomorrow?"

(To be continued)