Wang Haifeng has been very unhappy recently.

Or rather, he hasn't been happy in the past six months.

First, the opening report was sent back and redone because of the novelty problem, and a general was poached by the Jinling Institute of Computational Materials.

Seriously, he never thought that Xiao Liu, who had thick eyebrows and big eyes and looked honest, would betray him.

Well, there weren't many capable students in his lab, and the most capable one left. A lot of things that were originally left to Liu Hong to do, but now they have to be played by him, a veteran.

The road was bumpy and bumpy, but the project was finally applied for, and the research funds were gradually in place.

However, a few days later, the "bad news" came from the other side of the Pacific Ocean, and the Institute of Materials Research at Binghamton University, sponsored by ExxonMobil, developed a cage-like carbon molecule that successfully solved the shuttle effect of lithium-sulfur batteries.

The paper was published in JACS, the top journal of chemistry, and was highly publicized by ExxonMobil, and now the attention of the entire academic and industrial community is now focused on Professor Stanley and his paper.

It is not only Wang Haifeng who has been hit by this news, but almost all the research teams that are doing lithium-sulfur battery projects in China, especially in the "shuttle effect", have been greatly affected.

In particular, many companies have cut their investment in the cross-cutting issue of taking money from enterprises out of cost considerations.

Those research teams that can't even come up with phased results are even facing the dilemma of being divested.

In contrast, Wang Haifeng is still relatively lucky.

As a Changjiang Scholar, he applied for a project not on a horizontal topic, but on a vertical topic, and received money from the National Scientific Research Fund.

Compared with cooperation with companies, vertical issues do not need to be considered "profit and loss" issues, and are less affected by changes in the market environment. Although it is not as easy to make money horizontally and various management procedures as troublesome, the benefit is stability.

At least, there is no need to worry that the project is halfway done, and investors will not see the results for half a day, and they will not do it.

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

For such an ending, although Wang Haifeng feels sorry for the future of domestic new energy enterprises, he can't help but feel a little comforted in his heart.

As for where this comfort comes from......

At least, it wasn't Lu Zhou's kid who came out on top in lithium-sulfur batteries.

After all, Professor Stanley is also a big bull in the field of lithium batteries, and the earliest lithium battery model was made by him, even if he loses to him, there is nothing disgraceful, and he can even say that he is still glorious despite defeat.

But if he loses to Lu Zhou, a junior, it really makes Wang Haifeng feel that his old face has no place to rest.

After the class, Professor Wang was about to walk to the laboratory building.

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

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

"You are?"

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

"Hello, I am a reporter from Science Daily, you can call me Xiao Li."

"Science Newspaper?" Wang Haifeng frowned, "What are you looking for me?" ”

Xiao Li said respectfully: "That's the case, I learned from many places that you are a big bull in the field of battery materials, so I want to interview you about some things about batteries, I don't know if you have time now?" ”

Originally, Wang Haifeng didn't plan to be interviewed, but when he heard the word "big cow", he couldn't help but feel a little fluttering in his heart, so he said casually.

"I'm busy, I can only give you ten minutes at most, if you have any questions, you can just ask."

"Okay, Professor Wang." That Xiao Li suddenly showed a bright smile on his face, and motioned to the assistant behind him to take notes with his eyes, and at the same time took out the voice recorder and opened it, and began to ask, "What do you think about the paper written by Professor Stanley that was published in JACS some time ago?" ”

Wang Haifeng said eloquently: "At present, the academic community has not yet made a conclusion, but the author of this paper is Professor Stanley after all, and his academic reputation is quite credible. ”

Xiao Li continued to ask: "Then do you think this cage-shaped carbon molecule has more prospects for industrial applications than the HCS-1 material previously researched by Professor Lu?" ”

“HCS-1？” Wang Haifeng sneered, shook his head and said, "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 I have to say, the gap between the two is so big. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Haifeng wanted to laugh.

The top paid so much attention to the professor in his twenties, and what was the result?

It's not that someone else has preempted it.

Xiao Li was surprised: "Such a metaphor...... Isn't that too much of an exaggeration? ”

Wang Haifeng said unhurriedly: "It's not an exaggeration at all, what I said is a bit conservative." You are a layman and may not know much about the industry of materials science. In fact, although there are excellent research results in our field every once in a while, less than 10% of these research results have the prospect of industrial application. The HCS-1 material is a phased achievement, and it is a good result from an academic point of view. But to industry, the technology is worthless. Do you see anyone interested in his patents? Not at all. ”

Xiao Li nodded as if he didn't understand, and continued to ask: "But how can you be sure that the cage-shaped carbon molecule obtained by Professor Stanley's research team must have the prospect of industrial application?" Is it through the data on the paper? ”

"The point is not the thesis, of course, but the attitude of ExxonMobil. The kind of international energy giants, but the master who does not see rabbits and eagles, can arouse their interest, this technology is obviously not fake. With an expression on his face, Wang Haifeng continued in an emotional tone, "I have to say, this hollow carbon ball is a very good direction, not only Professor Lu's team is researching, but many domestic research teams are also doing this direction, including myself, of course." ”

"I don't think it's a good choice for Professor Lu to make high-profile statements about hollow charcoal balls. Even if you're really optimistic, just keep it to yourself? Maybe people didn't have the idea of studying in this direction, but when you say this, others think it makes sense, and maybe they will do it according to your idea. ”

"But I can also understand that after all, he is a young man, and he is a little younger. When he is one or twenty years older, he may be able to learn what it means to be steady. ”

When he said this, Professor Wang had a regretful expression on his face.

It's as if half of the reason why this game was lost was because of Lu Zhou, a "pig teammate", who said it too clearly.

However, in fact, what he said was a bit of a curse.

Before that seminar, there were not many teams that chose hollow charcoal balls as their research direction, and neither at home nor abroad were far from popular.

Including Wang Haifeng himself, although he has been making carbon-sulfur composite materials for a long time, at the beginning of his idea of designing experiments, he did not take the hollow carbon ball at all.

What's more, the announcement of the content of the seminar has nothing to do with Lu Zhou, it was decided from above.

However, this mouth grows on him, and what he wants to say is naturally up to him.

Xiao Li's eyes lit up, and he smelled the smell of news from Wang Haifeng's tone, and immediately asked, "Then what is your evaluation of Professor Lu?" ”

Wang Haifeng smiled, looking like a master in the world, and commented leisurely: "He is a scientific research talent, and he can make great achievements in any research institute, but he lacks a sense of the overall situation and is embarrassed by the heavy responsibility." ”

Xiao Li: "Why do you say that?" ”

Professor Wang laughed: "Look at the Jinling Institute of Computational Materials, nearly 100 million dollars of funds have been smashed into it, has it made a splash?" ”

Although this was a little sour, he was not embarrassed in the slightest when he said it.

After all, the limited application prospects of HCS-1 are not his words, but obvious to all......

pretending to be a big force in front of reporters, Wang Haifeng's mood at the moment is like eating a popsicle in dog days, and he only feels indescribably comfortable.

Humming a little song back to the lab, he staggered back in his office chair.

At this time, his newly hired teaching assistant, holding a journal that had just arrived, walked straight to him after entering the laboratory.

"Professor, this is the new arrival of Science, and you told me to send it to you as soon as I received it. Then I'...... I'll leave it here for now. ”

"Well, let's leave it here," Suddenly, Wang Haifeng noticed that something was wrong with the expression on the assistant teacher's face, and couldn't help frowning slightly, "What's wrong with you?" ”

"No, it's nothing," the teaching assistant smiled wryly as he placed the journal on the table, refused to say anything, and hurried away after sending the journal over.

Smelling a trace of unusual smell from that voice, Wang Haifeng frowned, but didn't say anything, just reached out and picked up the brand-new "Science".

However, just as he was about to open the cover and look at the contents, his hand suddenly stopped.

It wasn't just the movements of his hands that stopped, but also his sight and even his breathing, which froze there as if he had been petrified.

I saw that on the cover of this issue of Science, the "highlights" section was set, and there was a line of text.

That's Wang Haifeng, who he doesn't want to see anyway-

[HCS-2 Material: Terminator of the Shuttle Effect]