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In the conference room, there was silence.

Everyone opened their mouths to look at Fan Pengyue, but their eyes finally fell on the young man sitting at the top.

After a while, a middle-aged man raised his right hand hesitantly.

Xu Chuan looked over. This middle-aged man is one of the two official 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 under arrangement.

"That, boss." Yu Zhen swallowed, and said hesitantly, "Are we really going to develop electrolytes and artificial SEI film materials for lithium batteries?"

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

In today's fast-paced society and under the background 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 military and civilian applications, whether it is artificial satellites, aerospace, or electric vehicles, computers and mobile phones.

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

As the battery with the best development prospects and the best performance, lithium batteries 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 nothing is perfect, and lithium batteries also have their own flaws.

The first is the capacity, although the capacity of the lithium battery 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 power, the capacity of lithium batteries is still not enough.

Followed by safety and longevity.

Lithium-ion batteries will generate a lot of heat when charging or discharging. If the temperature is too high, the internal structure of the battery will be damaged, the electrochemical reaction will be irreversible, the battery capacity will decrease, and even dangerous situations such as explosion and fire will occur.

As for life, different types and manufacturers of lithium batteries have different life spans.

Generally, the capacity of the battery will gradually decrease after being used for a certain period of time, and its lifespan 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 and high price of lithium materials, poor performance of batteries in low temperature environments, complex management systems, and so on.

However, relatively speaking, capacity and safe life are the most concerned issues in the industry and the battery industry.

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

But until today, no country or scientific research institution has ever heard of a major breakthrough.

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

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 join the fun in the battery industry before.

After all, if you really want to achieve results, it will be a solid profit, directly worth hundreds of millions.

However, the former boss spent hundreds of thousands of funds, and they gave up after doing research for a period of time without any gains.

And their kind is just a microcosm of the lithium battery industry.

The whole world spends trillions of dollars in the lithium battery industry every year. In China alone, hundreds of billions of RMB will be poured into it every year.

Although the money is not all used for lithium battery research and development. But even if the research and development funds account for only one-tenth or even one percent, the annual investment will exceed tens of billions.

Yu Zhen really doesn't think that their small and medium-sized materials laboratory with a total asset of more than 10 million yuan can join in the fun and make any achievements in the lithium battery industry.

Not only him, almost everyone in the office except Xu Chuan thought 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 poured into it basically starts with hundreds of millions.

The name of the Fields Medal is indeed very famous, but the interlacing is like a mountain. Can the big cows in the field of mathematics really dominate the field of materials?

In the conference room, many people had such a skeptical attitude, and even subconsciously believed that it was impossible to succeed.

In the first place, Xu Chuan smiled and said: "The lithium battery industry has a huge and untapped market. It makes no sense not to go in and get a share."

"Besides, I don't have any experience in the material industry. My supervisor is an academician in the physical material industry. He led the most famous tungsten diselenide material project in China before. Now he has served as the director of our research institute. consultant."

"You don't need to worry about these things, and you don't need to think too much. It is enough to conduct experiments 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 started, 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 difficulty of developing lithium battery materials.

But he is also very clear that lithium batteries are the best choice if you want to make a big fortune with a small amount, bypass various patents, and obtain a large amount of funds at one time.

It is impossible to obtain a large amount of funds through a certain patent after missing the outlet of lithium batteries.

More importantly, he has such technology in his mind.

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

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

Xu Chuan, who had made some achievements in the material industry at that time, naturally read related papers, and also detailed the manufacturing method of this artificial SEI film.

Although some details and detailed steps are not so clear, but with this basis, it is enough to experiment and reproduce it.

Since his rebirth, Xu Chuan has been trying to avoid using other people's future achievements, especially in terms of academics. He always feels that this is a very bad thing.

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

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 research base of the 'Nuclear Beta Radiation Energy Concentration and Conversion Electric Energy Mechanism Technology Project' is under construction in full swing.

Compared with the desolation of the previous visit, this time, various construction equipment and temporary workshops for construction personnel have been set up on the base.

Vehicles came and went on the construction site, bringing in various building materials, and also took away the soil and gravel excavated during the construction.

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

The initial research has been completed under the emergency state of Qi Zhongxing working overtime, and now the two need to confirm all aspects of the research institute.

As the general manager, 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 in order for the entire project to continue to operate.

Fortunately, after finishing the preparatory work, the subsequent construction can be managed by Qi Zhongxing.

The two-line construction started, and Xu Chuan was so busy that he flew up.

The nuclear energy project needs his care, and the lithium battery project of the Chuanhai Materials Research Institute cannot do without him.

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

Many problems had to be solved by him himself.

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

After the two projects entered into a stable state successively, Xu Chuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

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

After taking Gu Bing and Amelia through the admission procedures at Nantah University, he arranged the next study plan and graduation goals for them.

The learning objectives have not changed much from when I was at Princeton, and the main content is still based on the "algebraic variety and group mapping tool" that solves Hodge's conjecture.

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

The graduation goals arranged by Xu Chuan for the two are also based on the "Algebraic Variety and Group Mapping Tool".

He asked the two to write a paper on the top journal of mathematics within three years, or cooperate to solve a problem similar to Hodge's conjecture.

It is quite difficult to achieve this goal, which means that Gu Bing and Amelia not only have to fully master the 'algebraic variety and group mapping tool', but also have their own expansion.

After resting in Nanjing University for less than two days, after arranging two students, Xu Chuan rushed to Shanghai in a hurry.

Ten researchers related to the "Nuclear Beta Radiation Energy Concentration and Conversion Electric Energy Mechanism Project" previously recruited in the capital have rushed to the "Modu Nuclear Research Institute of the Academy of Sciences".

After renting the first floor of a research building in the "Nuclear Institute of the Academy of Sciences" in Shanghai as a temporary base, Xu Chuan met this group of researchers in a conference room.

After meeting again after a month, Xu Chuan didn't talk nonsense, and distributed the prepared exam papers.

The exam time is one hour, and the exam content is related to the knowledge points related to the "Thesis on Nuclear Beta Radiation Energy Concentration and Conversion Electric Energy Mechanism".

In one month, it is very difficult to fully understand the "Thesis on the Mechanism of Nuclear Beta Radiation Energy Concentration and Conversion of Electric 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 inside.

It can be said that one month of study time is not enough at all.

But what he wants to see is that not everyone has fully understood the paper.

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

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

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

As for the pass line of 60 points, it is for screening people who are just dawdling.

This test paper was written by him himself, with a total score of 100, including 70 points for 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 as soon as possible.

In the "Nuclear Beta Radiation Energy Concentration and Transformation Mechanism" project, he doesn't need such a fisherman. Want to retire, want to be gilded, don't come under his hands.

As for the next 30 points, he used it to distinguish the talents to be cultivated in the future.

Although the score cannot represent everything, at least some things can be seen, such as attitude, knowledge, partial ability and so on.

An hour passed quickly.

Han Jin helped to collect all the test papers.

Xu Chuan directly reviewed the ten test papers in front of everyone.

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

Especially those who fished in troubled waters and didn't study seriously in the past month, or didn't take this assessment seriously, they were even more nervous at the moment.

It didn't take long for Xu Chuan to review ten test papers.

Especially this test paper was written by him.

Fifteen minutes later, 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 calmly, "I have read all the answer sheets, and it is a pity that some of you did not listen to what I said a month ago."

"Some of you didn't even get 40 points for the 100-point test paper. This can only mean that he didn't focus on his studies in the past month."

As soon as these words came out, the face of someone in the room suddenly changed.

Xu Chuan saw it, but didn't pay attention, and continued, "Jing Kangle and Sun Heng, it's a pity that the two of you didn't pass today's test."

"The pass line of 60 points has not been reached, which means that the two of you are not focused on this project, so I can only ask you to leave."

"As for the rest, congratulations, you will officially join the 'Nuclear Beta Radiation Energy Concentration and Conversion Mechanism' project."

After the words fell, the atmosphere in the conference room changed immediately.

Some people are happy, some people regret it.

In the crowd, Jing Kangle and Sun Heng who were told to leave were instantly dumbfounded after hearing the news.

The older Sun Heng remained silent with a sullen face. From the beginning to the end, he didn't take this assessment seriously, thinking it was just a process, so he didn't read the paper too seriously.

He didn't expect that Xu Chuan was playing for real. Those who failed the assessment today would be eliminated directly.

When he was able to come in, he still found a relationship. He thought he could follow the gold plating in the project and become a formal researcher. Now the project has not even started, so he is eliminated directly.

Does this young man really have no sympathy at all?