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Chapter 581 Why do I feel like my junior brother is just making empty promises for us?
After the applause stopped, Xu Qingzhou nodded to everyone and said, "Dear colleagues, hello. Today is the first plenary meeting of our Kyoto Materials Research Institute. On behalf of the institute, I would like to extend a warm welcome to every partner who has joined us!"

"Material science is a national priority and the cornerstone of high-end manufacturing. Our goal is clear: to build a world-class laboratory."

Xu Qingzhou's speech was concise and did not contain many official jargons. After a pause, he began to talk about the key points: "Our current research will focus on three major directions: lithium dendrites, shuttle effects and superconducting films."

In addition to lithium dendrites and the shuttle effect, he has already written a plan for subsequent experiments on superconducting films. If all goes well, he may be able to push the performance of superconducting films to Jc ≥ 5×10 A/cm and significantly enhance radiation resistance and mechanical stability.

This is crucial for future nuclear fusion experiments.

Of course, nuclear fusion cannot be achieved by superconducting films alone. For example, it requires overcoming extreme physical conditions such as ultra-high temperature, high pressure and high density of over 1 million degrees Celsius.

This is what requires tokamaks/lasers, superconducting magnets, high-energy laser arrays, etc.

In short, it is extremely difficult and can only be regarded as a goal for now.

After completing the plan for the superconducting thin film, he did not waste time and gave the plan to Li Yi and a female PhD from Peking University named Gao Wenjin.

With the addition of this two-person team, the institute was divided into three research areas.

As for him, he is responsible for controlling the overall progress, just like a brick, moving wherever it is needed.

No matter how strong he is, he is just one person. It is impossible for him to take care of everything and do everything by himself. Scientific breakthroughs require collective strength.

This is actually the model in academia.

The big guys get a project and then split it into N sub-projects to give to smaller ones like the Yangtze River Scholars. If the sub-projects are relatively large, the Yangtze River Scholars may give them to outstanding talents like the Young Elite Scholars, and finally, to the bottom-level talents at the bottom of the pyramid.

“We are under a lot of pressure.”

Xu Qingzhou paused, looked at the pairs of eyes staring at him, and continued: "I believe you have read the relevant information. Domestic and international competition is fierce, and many heroes are vying for supremacy. As a newly established research institution, we want to achieve overtaking and lead the world."

The world's top laboratories in the field of lithium dendrite research, such as the Argonne National Laboratory in the United States and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, have achieved representative results.

In the field of shuttle effect research, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States, the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Germany, and others have also made breakthrough progress.

Of course, although these scientific research institutions have achieved results, none of them have solved the fundamental problem.

After the meeting, Xu Qingzhou continued his meeting with Zhao Shengwen and Zheng Xu, while the other researchers were free to move around and wait for their leaders to assign them tasks.

Gong Yunfei scratched his head and turned to talk to Wang Wei: "Why do I still feel that my junior brother is just making empty promises about nuclear fusion?"

Can such a mysterious thing really be made?
"This is the great pursuit of science, Lao Gong, you still need to improve your awareness."

Wang Wei put away his notebook.

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"Wei Ge, didn't we agree not to call each other by nicknames?"

Hurt each other, right? Come on.

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The corners of Wang Wei's mouth twitched.

Next door, Hong Yayu quietly packed up her meeting notebook, accustomed to the conversation between the two people next to her.

Wang Wei stopped joking and said in a deep voice, "I think it's a bit risky. We have our own high-parameter laser nuclear fusion device. Although its performance is not as good, it will work. The steady-state combustion plasma experimental reactor is also under construction, but there is no way to have a non-tokamak path experimental device. There is no trace of the stellarator and the reverse field pinch device." "Xia Ke University and Southwest Jiaotong University actually have similar designs."

Hong Yayu added.

Wang Wei nodded and said, "Yes, I have also paid attention to this news, but as far as I know, it is still in the development stage. I don't know when it can be used."

In fact, most people in the research institute feel that the situation is a bit shaky. Nuclear fusion is really far away from us. Even the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, which is built with the efforts of the world, is still a long way from real commercial use.

Just as the two young men were sighing, Hong Yayu suddenly said, "Maybe it can work."

"It seems. Nothing wrong."

Wang Wei and Gong Yunfei looked at each other. This former junior brother Xu had created many miracles.

8 month 28 day.

Zero Point Technology Co., Ltd. was officially established, with Song Yao as CEO and a total of 27 people in the company.

Song Yao has arranged for people to sign patent agreements with major companies.

Because it is not like GE, which has a wide range of domestic authorized enterprises, it is much cheaper, but it still has at least 10 billion in revenue.

The institute has no financial pressure at all.

On the last day of August, Xu Qingzhou, Zhao Shengwen and Zheng Xu also came to the conference room to discuss the experimental plan.

Zhao Shengwen first talked about the arrangements for his group: "Group A will continue to conduct experiments according to your direction at MIT and iterate based on the existing mathematical models. We can enter the thin film design stage within two months, but we may still need your help in the mathematics."

"no problem."

Xu Qingzhou nodded slightly. The institute currently has a total of 6 mathematics experts responsible for daily computational support.

As for him, just treat him as a trump card.

"Based on the data from Group A, Group B will first conduct sulfur cathode modification, using highly conductive sulfur carriers to limit the dissolution of polysulfides and reduce corrosion of the lithium anode by side reactions of the electrolyte."

Zhao Shengwen continued to report the complete experimental plans formed by each group.

The lithium dendrite experimental group was divided into two groups. Group A continued Xu Qingzhou's experiment, that is, lithium-ion batteries. The technology is relatively mature and can verify the effectiveness of the corresponding technology in inhibiting lithium precipitation at high rates and low temperatures.

Group B is responsible for the lithium-sulfur battery experiment. In the entire experiment, the dendrite problem of lithium-sulfur batteries is more fundamental and urgent, but with current technology, the preparation is relatively difficult, and each part, such as the positive and negative electrodes, electrolyte, and separator, has problems that need to be solved urgently.

The data from Group A experiments are crucial for lithium-sulfur batteries.

The shuttle effect experimental group headed by Zheng Xu will make coordinated progress in three directions: material modification, diaphragm optimization, and electrolyte regulation.

Zheng Xu first gave a brief report on the group's situation.

Xu Qingzhou spent four days reading all the proposals and said to Zheng Xu: "I think you, Group A, can introduce black phosphorus quantum dots (BPQDs) to form a heterojunction based on TiON quantum dots."

Zheng Xu wrote down what Xu Qingzhou said, pondered for a moment, and showed a look of admiration. "Well, it is technically feasible. The synergistic catalysis can increase the Coulomb efficiency to > 99.8%. I will ask them to modify it when I go back."

"Alternatively, you can try Ni-doping FeO matrix materials and embedding Ni@FeO nanoparticles between MXene layers."

(End of this chapter)