Public opinion on the Internet is in full swing, but the show is not over.

After completing the interview at Pang Xuelin's home, the program team began to follow Pang Xuelin to the School of Materials Engineering of Jiang University to visit the laboratory of the Carbon Nanomaterials Research Center.

Interspersed with interviews with many project team members, as well as the importance of popularizing science about high-purity single-walled carbon nanotubes, large-size single-layer graphene thin film materials, etc.

Just when everyone thought that this episode of the show would be dull, at the end, a surprising scene appeared.

At that time, Corton Walker came to find Pang Xuelin, Dong Qing and the others did not leave, and they also followed the filming.

Therefore, the program team also made a general introduction to the arrival of Kirton Walker, saying that the professor of the Department of Chemistry at Princeton University accepted Pang Xuelin's invitation, gave up his teaching position in Princeton, and decided to join the School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Jiangcheng University and become a member of Pang Xuelin's project team.

As soon as this news came out, it once again sparked a wave of discussion on the Internet.

You must know that although China's overall attraction to talents has greatly increased over the years, most of the Chinese scholars who choose to return to China to work are lost overseas.

It is relatively rare for a scholar like Kirton Walker, a quasi-Nobel Prize-level scholar, to join a Chinese university on a full-time basis.

What's more, the other party resigned from Princeton and joined Jiangcheng University.

No matter how you compare it, Jiangcheng University and Princeton are a notch behind.

So the only reason why Kirton Walker chose to join Jiangcheng University is Pang Xuelin.

For a time, there was a lot of discussion on the Internet.

"Pang Shen is awesome, he actually got such a scholar to Jiang Dalai."

"Shinichi Mochizuki, Perelman, plus a Kirton Walker, this is already the third!"

"Shinichi Mochizuki and Perelman can understand it, but it is a little incomprehensible for Kirton Walker to join Jiang University, no matter from which point of view, Jiang University's chemistry major is not as good as Princeton."

"Could it be that Pang Shen has some mysterious magic power, why do all the big cows run to the river."

Even Pang Shaoan and Yao Jianzhong were a little curious about how Pang Xuelin hooked up with the former tenured professor of Princeton's Department of Chemistry to Jiang University.

Pang Xuelin explained with a smile: "I promised him at least 150 million yuan in scientific research funds. ”

Pang Shaoan and Yao Jianzhong couldn't help but be stunned.

Pang Shaoan said: "Xiaolin, is this Qianjiang willing to come out?" ”

Pang Xuelin said: "Jiang University doesn't need a penny, I invest it myself?" ”

"You invest in it yourself, what project?"

"Lithium-air batteries!"

Pang Shaoan and Yao Jianzhong couldn't help but look at each other, and Pang Shaoan said: "Xiaolin, are you sure?" That's not a small amount of money! ”

Pang Xuelin said with a smile: "Don't worry, grandpa, don't say 100 percent, more than 90 percent sure is definitely there!" Besides, didn't the School of Materials Engineering of Jiang University cooperate with my father's Xinkai Materials to develop high-purity single-walled carbon nanotubes? Now that the results are coming out, Xinkai Materials should be able to make a lot of money on this project, and it is time to invest in lithium-air batteries. ”

Pang Shaoan nodded and said, "That's good." ”

The next "Face to Face" interview was a little uneventful, and it was all some decent Q&A, which did not cause much of a sensation.

After watching TV, Pang Xuelin and Yao Bingxia went back to the room to rest.

Early the next morning, Pang Xuelin drove Yao Bingxia to the airport, and the girl still had classes in the afternoon, just in time to catch up.

At this time, although the discussion on the Internet about MOSS and Kirton Walker is still hot, it has dropped a lot compared to last night.

Pang Xuelin didn't pay much attention to it, and was just about to drive back to school.

At this time, Pang Xuelin's phone rang suddenly.

The caller ID is Li Xiang, dean of the School of Chemical Engineering of Jiang University.

Pang Xuelin hurriedly pressed the answer button and said with a smile: "Dean Li, what's wrong?" ”

On the other end of the phone, Li Xiang's somewhat anxious voice came: "Professor Pang, something happened, there was an article on Zhihu, called "What is Corton Walker Joining Jiang University", questioning our school's decision to hire Kirton Walker. ”

Pang Xuelin was slightly stunned and said, "Dean Li, wait a minute, I'll take a look at this article first." ”

As he spoke, Pang Xuelin hung up the phone directly, then opened Zhihu and found this article.

The article first recalled Kirton Walker's previous resume, and then wrote: "It is true that in the field of electrochemistry, Professor Kirton Walker is indeed a big bull, but back then, he fooled the DuPont consortium to spend a lot of money on the lithium-air battery project, and when DuPont realized that it was not good, a large amount of scientific research funds had been squandered by Professor Kirton Walker." Later, the lithium-air battery project team was eliminated, and Kirton Walker was completely marginalized in Princeton. In recent years, Kirton Walker has not had a good time in Princeton, clinging to the lithium-air battery project, resulting in less and less funding in Princeton every year. ”

"According to the information I got from my friends in Princeton, the reason why Kirton Walker was willing to leave Princeton and go to Jiang University was because Professor Pang Xuelin promised him a huge amount of financial support for the lithium-air battery project when he was in Princeton."

"However, studies in recent years have shown that lithium-air battery systems are much more complex than previously thought, with complex side reactions between Li2O2, electrodes, and electrolytes. The most important point is that lithium-air batteries must use lithium metal as the anode, but lithium metal as the anode was abandoned by the industry as early as 20 years ago, because there is a possibility of lithium dendrites growing and causing a short circuit to turn the battery into an incendiary bomb...... Compared with lithium-sulfur and lithium-air batteries in conceptual design, innovative lithium-ion batteries are undoubtedly more realistic. The development of a high-capacity lithium-rich oxide cathode (350mAh/g) based on an anion charge compensation mechanism can lead to the development of power batteries with an energy density greater than 500Wh/kg. ”

“……”

"Therefore, I have to suspect that Professor Pang was deceived by Kirton Walker. But I think someone at Jiangcheng University should be aware of Kirton Walker's situation. If, in this case, Jiang University and Professor Pang ignore the national research funds for the sake of pursuing personal or university reputational interests, I think Professor Pang needs to stand up and give the public an answer! ”

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After reading the article, Pang Xuelin couldn't help laughing.

The author of this article may be a practitioner in the field of the battery industry, and it is reasonable to write, and even about the situation of Corton Walker over the years, it is not bad and convincing.

It's just that in terms of judging the future of lithium-air batteries, the author of the article is a little different from himself.

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