There was silence in the conference room.

Everyone looked at Fan Pengyue with their mouths open, but their eyes finally fell on the young man sitting in the first place.

In the middle of the ring, a middle-aged man hesitantly raised his right hand.

Xu Chuan looked over, this middle-aged man is one of the two formal researchers of the 'Chuanhai Materials Research Institute', named Yu Zhen, who is in charge of the research and development of artificial SEI thin film materials in the arrangement.

"That, boss." Yu Zhen swallowed his saliva and said with some hesitation: "Do we really want to develop electrolytes and artificial SEI film materials for lithium batteries?" ”

As a material research worker, he is well aware of the value behind lithium batteries and the difficulties in developing lithium battery materials.

In today's high-speed society, in the context of low carbon, new energy is the main direction of global development.

Electric energy, as the most widely used energy source for human beings, is inseparable from electric energy from military to civilian, whether it is artificial satellites, aerospace, electric vehicles, computers and mobile phones.

As a battery that can store electrical energy, its importance is undeniable.

As the current battery with the best development prospects and the best performance, lithium battery can be said to be almost fully used in society.

Today, the global market for lithium batteries has reached more than one trillion meters of gold, and there is still a lot of room for improvement.

But there is no perfect thing, and lithium batteries also have their own flaws.

The first is capacity, although the capacity of lithium batteries belongs to the larger capacity among a series of batteries, such as lead-acid electromagnetic, nickel-metal hydride batteries and other batteries.

However, in the face of various electrical appliances that consume more and more electricity, the capacity of lithium batteries is still insufficient.

The second is safety and longevity.

Lithium batteries will generate a lot of heat when charging or discharging, and if the temperature is too high, it will cause damage to the internal structure of the battery, irreversible electrochemical reactions, decreased battery capacity, and even dangerous situations such as explosion and fire.

And the lifespan, different types and manufacturers of lithium batteries have different lifespans.

Under normal circumstances, the capacity of the battery will gradually decrease after a certain period of use, and its life is also related to factors such as the use environment, charging method, charging times, and temperature.

In addition, there are some other defects, such as the scarcity of lithium materials, high price, poor performance of batteries in low temperature environments, complex management systems, and so on.

However, relatively speaking, the issue of capacity and safe life is the most concerned issue in the industry and the battery industry.

In these two parts, in more than 200 countries around the world, there are countless research institutes, universities, laboratories or other scientific research institutions that are constantly researching.

But to this day, I still haven't heard of a major breakthrough in any country or research institution.

Whether it is the capacity of lithium batteries, or the safety and lifespan, they are only moving forward slowly, and sometimes even stopping.

It can be seen that it is very difficult to make a breakthrough in lithium battery materials.

Zijin Composite Materials Research Laboratory, no, Chuanhai Materials Research Institute has not tried to enter the battery industry before.

After all, if you really want to achieve results, it will be a proper book of profits, and you will be directly worth hundreds of millions.

However, the previous boss threw hundreds of thousands of dollars into it, and they gave up after doing research for a period of time without any gains.

And they are just a microcosm of the lithium battery industry.

The world throws trillions of money into the lithium battery industry every year, and China alone will throw hundreds of billions of RMB into it a year.

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Although not all of this money is used for lithium battery research and development. But even if R&D funds only account for one-tenth or even one-percent, the annual investment will exceed 10 billion.

Yu Zhenzhen doesn't think that their small and medium-sized materials laboratory, which has total assets of more than 10 million, can join in the excitement and make any achievements in the lithium battery industry.

Not only him, but almost everyone in the office except Xu Chuan thinks this way, including Fan Pengyue.

The prospect of the lithium battery industry is indeed very bright, but it is very difficult to open this window, and the money to be thrown into it is basically hundreds of millions of dollars.

The name of the Fields Medal is indeed very loud, but the interlacing is like a mountain, can the big bull in the mathematics world really dominate the materials industry?

In the conference room, many people were skeptical, and even subconsciously thought that it would not succeed at all.

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In the first place, Xu Chuan smiled and said: "The lithium battery industry has a huge and untapped market. There's no reason not to go in and get a piece of the action. ”

"And in the materials industry, I don't have any experience, my mentor is an academician in the physical materials industry, and he led the most famous tungsten diselenide material project in China. Now he is a consultant of our institute. ”

"You don't have to worry about these things, you don't need to think too much, it's enough to experiment according to my requirements and assignments."

Regarding the concerns of these scientific researchers, Xu Chuan pulled his mentor Chen Zhengping out to support the flag. For a project that has not yet begun, it is still necessary to give these people a glimmer of hope for success.

He is well aware of the value of lithium batteries and the difficulties associated with the development of lithium battery materials.

But he is also very clear that in today's world, if you want to be small and big, if you want to bypass various patents, and get a lot of money at one time, lithium batteries are the best choice.

If you miss the lithium battery, it is impossible to get a lot of money through a patent.

What's more, he has this technology in mind.

As a reborn scientific researcher, although lithium batteries are not his research field, he must be clear and aware of those cutting-edge technologies.

The solution to the lithium dendrite problem will be in 2028, when a materials research institute in the United States has developed an artificial SEI film that can effectively control the deposition of lithium ions on the electrode surface to form lithium dendrites.

As Xu Chuan, who had already made certain achievements in the material industry at that time, he naturally read the relevant papers and detailed the manufacturing method of this artificial SEI film.

Although some of the details and detailed steps are not so clear, with this foundation, it is enough to experiment and replicate it.

Since his rebirth, Xu Chuan has always tried to avoid using other people's future achievements, especially in academics, which he always feels is a very bad thing.

But using the future technology of the United States to strengthen himself, he has no psychological burden at all.

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After arranging the experimental work of the institute, Fan Pengyue began to preside over the research and development of materials, and Xu Chuan went to Qidong City again.

The construction of the research institute base of the "Nuclear Energy β Radiation Energy Aggregation and Conversion Mechanism Technology Project" is in full swing.

Compared with the desolation of the last time, this time, various construction equipment and temporary workshops where construction personnel live have been set up on the base.

Cars came and went on the construction site, bringing all kinds of building materials and taking away the earth and gravel excavated from the construction.

Xu Chuan found Chief Engineer Qi Zhongxing and continued to discuss the architectural planning and arrangement of the institute.

The initial investigation has been completed under the emergency state of Qi Zhongxing's overtime, and now the two need to determine all aspects of the institute.

As the person in charge, Xu Chuan needs to understand the detailed situation, and also needs to sign a series of materials such as the revised research report and construction documents to continue the operation of the whole project.

Fortunately, after the preliminary preparations, the follow-up construction can be handed over to Qi Zhongxing for management.

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The double line started, and Xu Chuan was so busy that he flew.

The nuclear energy project needs to be taken care of by him, and the lithium battery project of the Chuanhai Materials Research Institute is inseparable from him.

Even if he had prepared detailed and complete information in advance, he could not rely on two formal researchers to develop artificial SEI films and electrolytes.

He had to solve many problems personally.

This state of being so busy that he hit the back of his head lasted until the end of September.

It wasn't until the two projects stabilized that Xu Chuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

On the other side, after more than two months before and after, his two students on the Princeton side, Gu Bing and Amelia, finally dealt with the visa and study abroad related matters and flew over from the United States.

After taking Gu Bing and Amelia to complete the admission procedures at NTU, he arranged the next study plan and graduation goals for the two.

The learning objectives have not changed much from those in Princeton, and the main content is still based on the "algebraic cluster and group mapping tool" that solves the Hodge conjecture.

This mathematical tool is of great value, and if Gu Bing and Amelia master it completely, they have the opportunity to use it to solve one or two world-class mathematical conjectures.

The graduation goals that Xu Chuan arranged for the two of them are also based on the 'algebraic cluster and group mapping tool'.

He asked the two to write a paper in the top journal of mathematics in three years, or to work together to solve a Hodge-like conjecture problem.

It is not easy to achieve this goal, which means that Gu Bing and Amelia must not only fully master the 'algebraic cluster and group mapping tools', but also have their own extensions.

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After resting for less than two days at NTU, after arranging the two students, Xu Chuan rushed to the magic capital in a hurry.

Ten researchers related to the "Nuclear Energy β Radiation Energy Aggregation and Conversion Mechanism Project" recruited in Beijing have rushed to the "Modu Institute of Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences".

After renting the first floor of a research building of the 'Institute of Nuclear Research of the Academy of Sciences' in the magic capital as a temporary base, Xu Chuan met the group of scientific researchers in a conference room.

When they met again after a month, Xu Chuan didn't talk nonsense and distributed the prepared exam papers.

The exam lasts for one hour, and the content of the exam is related to the "Essay on the Mechanism of Nuclear Energy β Radiant Energy Accumulation and Conversion of Electric Energy".

In one month, it is very difficult to fully understand the "paper on the mechanism of nuclear energy β radiation energy aggregation and conversion of electrical energy".

As the creator of this technology, he is well aware of the difficulty of this technology, as well as the knowledge points and related details in it.

It can be said that one month of study is simply not enough.

But what he wanted to see was that not everyone had fully eaten the paper.

It's about how much these 10 researchers have learned in the past month.

He set a score for today's assessment, a full score of 100, and the passing mark is 60.

Being able to get 100 points means that the researcher is not far away, even if he has not fully understood the paper.

As for the passing mark of 60 points, it is for those who are confused.

This test paper was hand-written by him, with a total score of 100, including 70 basic questions, as long as you study a little more seriously in the previous month, you can basically get it.

If you can't even get sixty points, it's better to get out of the way as soon as possible.

In the project of "nuclear energy β radiation energy aggregation and conversion of electrical energy", he does not need such a foolish person. If you want to retire, you want to gild, don't come to him.

As for the last 30 points, he used them to distinguish the talents that he would focus on cultivating in the future.

Although the score does not represent the whole story, at least some things can be seen, such as attitude, insight, partial ability, and so on.

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An hour passed quickly.

Han Jin helped collect all the test papers.

Ten test papers, Xu Chuan directly reviewed them in front of everyone.

This made the ten scientific researchers who were assessed a little worried, worried that they would not pass the assessment.

Especially in the past month, some people who have been fishing in troubled waters and have not studied seriously, or who have not taken this assessment seriously, are even more nervous at the moment.

Grading ten test papers didn't take much time for Xu Chuan.

In particular, this test paper is still from him.

Fifteen minutes passed, Xu Chuan put down the pen in his hand, sorted out the ten answer sheets, and divided them into two.

Glancing at the ten scientific researchers in the conference room, he said in a surging voice: "I have read all of your answers, and it is a pity that some of you did not listen to what I said a month ago. ”

"One of you didn't even get a 40-point exam paper with 100 points, which can only mean that in the past month, he has not put his mind on studying."

As soon as these words came out, the faces of some people in the room suddenly changed miserably.

Xu Chuan saw it, but didn't care, and continued: "Jing Kangle and Sun Heng, it's a pity that the two of them didn't pass today's test. ”

"The passing mark of 60 points has not been reached, which means that the two of them are not thinking about this project, so I can only ask the two of them to leave."

"As for the rest, congratulations, you will officially join the 'Nuclear Energy β Radiant Energy Aggregation and Conversion Mechanism' project."

When the words fell, the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly changed.

Some rejoice, others regret.

In the crowd, Jing Kangle and Sun Heng, who were notified to leave, were instantly dumbfounded when they heard the news.

The older Sun Heng did not speak with a calm face, from beginning to end, he did not take this assessment seriously, thinking that it was just a process, so he did not take the paper too seriously.

He didn't expect that Xu Chuan would actually play really, and those who didn't pass the assessment today would be eliminated directly.

When he was able to come in, he still found a relationship, thinking that he could follow the gold plating in the project and become a formal researcher, but now the project has not even started, and it will be eliminated directly.

This young man, is it true that he doesn't talk about any affection at all?

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