Chapter 68: Announced!
"Cathode material, lithium cobalt oxide gel, anode material carbon crystal. Limit voltage 3.86V, Charging limit voltage 4.5V, rated capacity 8500mAh......"
Mo Nu was reporting the battery data, but Chen Mo was holding the battery in his hand and observing it carefully.
In three days, Chen Mo finally succeeded in making the first carbon-crystal-based lithium-ion battery according to the size of the butterfly eye battery after pulping, coating and assembly.
Like all ordinary batteries, carbon crystalline batteries also include three parts: positive, negative electrode and electrolyte, but the difference is the material.
Carbon crystals can greatly increase the amount of charge and discharge of lithium ions and the number of charges.
This makes the electric capacity of carbon-crystal-based lithium-ion batteries better than batteries of other materials.
There are defects in the atomic structure of the carbon crystal, which makes it not have much rigidity, no toughness and ductility. So it doesn't have as many uses as a super material like graphene, and its only use is as a negative electrode for batteries, embedding lithium ions.
It is this single use that restricts its continued development, so it is low-level technology.
However, before the graphene battery technology is not fully mature, the carbon crystalline battery is a very good product. Because of its electric capacity, it is probably more than twice the capacity of lithium-ion batteries already on the market.
"Mo Nu, your relevant technology of carbon crystal synthesis will be sorted out into patent application materials and printed out." Chen Mo put down the battery in his hand and said.
"Okay, Brother Mo."
After a while, the printer connected to the computer in the lab rang. After getting the technical patent information of carbon crystal synthesis, Chen Mo left the laboratory.
Today is the day of mass production experiments, and Zhao Min is already waiting for him.
Walking to Zhao Min's office, Chen Mo handed her the patent application materials in his hand: "This is the patent application information of carbon crystals." ”
"So fast?"
Zhao Min picked up the information and took a look, there were a lot of professional terms on it, she just glanced at it and put it down.
New materials, Zhao Min is now extremely curious about Chen Mo's head. What exactly is inside, and how long does it take from the discovery of new materials to the application?
This kind of research cycle is terrifyingly short, and those who don't know think that Tesla has been reincarnated.
"I was sorting out the data at the beginning of the experiment, and then I went to the factory, the battery has come out, and the material is confirmed to be useful, and the next step is the mass production experiment." Chen Mo said.
"What is the capacity of the batteries it produces?" Zhao Min asked curiously.
"You're using butterfly eyes now, aren't you? The new battery comes out, and preliminary calculations allow it to last up to 35 hours. ”
Zhao Min gasped, his eyes full of surprise.
Now on the market, the average mobile phone battery life is only more than ten hours, and Chen Mo's number means that the battery life of the mobile phone will be more than doubled.
"Let's go, go to the factory."
Zhao Min followed Chen Mo out of the office, the two walked out, and Xiao Yu also followed Chen Mo with the documents. Galloping all the way, a group of people came to the factory.
After Chen Mo said that he entered the industry, Zhao Min began to acquire factories. The plant, which is the closest to the company's office building, has also been converted into a pilot plant for research purposes.
The equipment that Chen Mo bought had already been installed here, and the raw materials for graphite were also ready.
As soon as they arrived at the factory, the director of the factory hurriedly greeted them.
The factory director is named Wan Mingyi, a middle-aged man in his forties. In the past, the factory closed down, the boss went abroad with money, defaulted on bank loans and employee wages, the court auctioned off the factory and equipment, and finally Zhao Min bought them all, and the workers were still workers in the original factory, and they were very familiar with some production processes.
After Wan Mingyi saw Chen Mo and Zhao Min, people also became restrained.
Now the marching ant company, as long as you pay a little attention to the news, know this name, especially the people in Marina City.
"Where's the production floor?" Chen Mo asked.
"Over here." Wan Mingyi said to you.
"Let a few clever technicians come over, and I'll tell you about the production process and some precautions." Chen Mo said.
"Okay."
Wan Mingyi ordered a few technicians from the workers in the factory, followed behind Chen Mo, and entered the production workshop.
Seeing the machine and high-pressure reaction irrigation in the workshop, Chen Mo walked over, turned on the control system of the equipment, and began to set the parameters. For the production of carbon crystals, this data is the most important, and if it is wrong, the purity of carbon crystals will be affected.
"Now let's start feeding." Chen Mo said: "Two people will operate the reaction tank. Chen Mo shouted at the employees behind him.
"Ah Hua, Da Qiang, you two go over." Wan Mingyi said to the two young technicians beside him.
"Boss."
After the two walked to Chen Mo's side, they greeted Chen Mo stiffly. This boss, who is younger than them, makes them have to admire.
"In this position, the thing to do is very simple, which is to be responsible for the switch of reaction irrigation. After the raw materials are delivered, the reaction tank is opened, and the specific parameters have been set. The temperature indicator indicates that it is complete, and you turn on the pressurization button......"
Chen Mo explained all the steps needed to the two of them, and only stopped after making sure that both of them understood.
Chen Mo didn't tell anyone about the specific data. Data is the key to the synthesis of carbon crystals, and if the data is exposed, then your efforts will be in vain.
"I'll demonstrate the operation once." After the raw materials were put in, Chen Mo turned on the reactor.
The people in the back, all eyes were on the reaction tank. After about fifteen minutes, the high-pressure reactor stopped.
After the reactor was opened, a large number of carbon wafers of different sizes were poured on the assembly line. All the machines stopped, and the employees of the factory all focused on the carbon crystal pile of the conveyor line.
This black thing is what they want to produce.
Chen Mo took out a piece of carbon crystal from the assembly line, walked to the instrument, and put it in it. It didn't take long for Chen Mo to frown when he saw the 79% purity shown above.
It is 3% lower than the purity of the laboratory and below the standard of 80.
This is understandable, after all, the instruments and equipment in the laboratory are much more sophisticated than here, and the purity is slightly lower under the same conditions, which is completely acceptable.
"This batch of materials will be scrapped and destroyed, and raw materials will continue to be put in."
Chen Mo picked up the notebook, wrote down the current parameters, and after a little calculation, walked back to the instrument and started another experimental attempt.
The degree of precision of the equipment is different, which has an impact on production.
After modifying the data, while waiting, Chen Mo explained other things to others to pay attention to.
"Director Wan, when production starts in the future, for each batch of materials, you ask people to randomly select 20 pieces for testing, once there is a piece with a purity lower than 80, just like just now, all the materials in that batch will be invalid."
"Okay." Wan Mingyi nodded.
Two hours later, Chen Mo looked at the 82% shown on the purity test and exhaled. After four data modifications, the purity was finally improved.
"In the future, we will produce according to this data, and the reaction will be irrigated there, and it must be controlled."
"Understood." Wan Mingyi nodded.
The success of the mass production test has made many people breathe a sigh of relief. After explaining some things clearly, Chen Mo and everyone rushed back to the company. After explaining Zhao Min's acquisition of several factories and preparing for the production of batteries, Chen Mo returned to the office.
"Ink Girl."
"Brother Mo, the ink girl is here." As soon as Chen Mo spoke, Mo Nu said.
"On the company's official website, in my name, the news of the discovery of new material carbon crystals is announced, and the technical data will not be announced."