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Chapter 586 The professor's brain has a built-in LaTeX rendering engine
Seminar room.

Wang Sidong poured some tea for the three of them and then quietly left.

"A DOS (density of states) analysis is also needed. Surface states cause the d-band center of Co to shift upward (-3.2 eV → -2.8 eV), enhancing hybridization with the p orbitals of S and accelerating electron transfer."

The young man held a pen and wrote a series of formulas on the whiteboard as he spoke. Behind him, two men who looked much older than him listened as if they were taking a lecture, nodding from time to time or asking a few questions.

"That's all I have to say about this first proposal. You can hold a group meeting to study it and brainstorm ideas."

Xu Qingzhou stopped.

“Okay.” Chai Heng nodded, having already noted down the details Xu Qingzhou had mentioned.

Xu Qingzhou sat down, took a sip of tea, and looked down at his notebook. He had come up with some new ideas while discussing with the two people, and continued, "The second direction: spin polarization and d-band center control."

Zheng Xu paused, then said uncertainly, "This is... quantum mechanics?"

"Yes."

Xu Qingzhou smiled and picked up his pen. "The spin polarization of the Fe-N4 catalyst provides spin electrons, reduces the occupancy of antibonding orbitals, and weakens the SS bond strength."

If I remember correctly, it was around 2032. At that time, the Xia Guo Academy of Sciences was developing a spin sensor for lunar exploration, which used this technology.
It can also be used in magnetic resonance imaging, making the sensitivity of spin polarized magnetic resonance imaging systems 10 times higher than before.

He attended the technical conference and found it quite interesting, intending to apply it to quantum computing's qubit manipulation and spin quantum entanglement transmission.

This technology, through atomic-level electronic state manipulation, can to some extent break through the performance limits of traditional materials.

Zheng Xu and Chai Heng exchanged a glance, both seeing the surprise in each other's eyes. Before Xu Qingzhou arrived, they had consulted countless materials, but this was the first time they had ever heard of this strange thing.

Moreover, it sounds like it works really well.

Chai Heng couldn't help but ask, "Professor, did you anticipate this problem would arise?"

"I'm not a god, how could I possibly know in advance?" Xu Qingzhou chuckled.

"So, this is something you've only just thought of now?"

"has a problem?"

"No problem."

Chai Heng felt a chill run down his spine. They hadn't even figured out the previous question yet, and Professor Xu had already considered this?

Xu Qingzhou knew perfectly well what Chai Heng was lamenting.

He was undoubtedly a genius who won the Nobel Prize in his previous life, and he had a lot of knowledge that was deeply engraved in his mind after reading it only once.

After being reborn, his mind became even more terrifyingly powerful.

If the average person's brain processing speed is 0.5 frequency, a genius's is 1 frequency, and a successful scientist's is 2 frequency...
His operating speed in his previous life was 4 frequencies, so now it's at least 12 frequencies, which is a generational crushing victory.

He directly discussed the details of spin polarization and d-band center control technology with the two of them.

[Using an Fe-N single-atom catalyst, Fe atoms are anchored within the N-doped graphene framework to form a stable Fe-N coordination structure.]

Time passed by minute by minute.

2 o'clock noon.

Xu Qingzhou adjourned the meeting, saying that everything that needed to be said had been said, and the rest was up to Zheng Xu and his team to refine, especially the spin polarization and d-band center control technology. Once they developed it, they would submit it to Zero Point Technology's patent department to apply for a patent.

This is standard laboratory procedure: after verifying the technical feasibility, an invention patent or utility model patent application is submitted to protect the basic technological framework. Soon, only Zheng Xu and Chai Heng remained in the seminar room, processing the materials they had worked on all morning.

Looking at the piles of manuscripts, Chai Heng said with a sigh, "I even suspect that the professor's brain has a built-in LaTeX rendering engine."

He considered himself a genius, but now he truly understood the words his mentor always said in front of Xu Qingzhou: "There are always people better than you, and there are always things beyond your understanding."

For example, in the discussion just now, he was still considering the calculation process, but Xu Qingzhou had already written down the calculation results, leaping from the axiom to the conclusion, leaving him completely bewildered.

Fortunately, Team Leader Zheng seemed to be in the same boat as him.

"Working under Professor Xu is very stressful."

An overwhelming sense of academic pressure.

"Used to it."

Zheng Xu suddenly remembered what Zhao Shengwen had told him.

Despite the pressure, he couldn't help but smile inwardly, realizing that his initial choice had been correct.

Xu Qingzhou went to the cafeteria for a meal and then returned to his office. He leaned back in his chair and rubbed his temples. His mind had been working at high speed for several hours, and as soon as he sat down, a wave of fatigue washed over him.

He and Zheng Xu and their team meticulously calculated the two schemes, considering both condensed matter and quantum mechanics aspects. The schemes were mathematically feasible, and the next step was to conduct experiments.

On the table to the right, there are two experimental data reports from Zhao Shengwen's group.

"I have to say, it really does feel like I used to be in charge of an engineering project."

Xu Qingzhou swayed and slid the chair.

On the desktop, besides experimental data, there was also a report on the development of the international battery field sent by Wang Sidong.

The competition is fierce, even brutal, with laboratories around the world racing against time, and the government is also continuously releasing support policies.

Once you lose the initial advantage, it means you'll face technological barriers, and it will be too late to overtake others.

In fact, the actual energy density of commercial lithium-ion batteries will approach the theoretical value in the next few years, facing a performance ceiling, making more efficient energy a pressing issue.

Solid-state batteries have naturally become the preferred choice for the next generation of batteries.

Although most laboratories are working on solid-state batteries, the extremely high energy density and theoretical specific capacity of lithium-sulfur batteries have caught the attention of some laboratories. For example, they have chosen to integrate the technologies, using sulfur cathode and solid electrolyte, which is less difficult than making lithium-sulfur batteries directly and can be considered a lower-end version of them.

However, in Xu Qingzhou's view, it combines the disadvantages of solid-state batteries and lithium-sulfur batteries.

"Lithium dendrites, shuttle effect, lithium-sulfur batteries—the research institute is quite unique in the entire battery field. This is what a genius should do; only children make choices, adults want it all."

To be precise, Xu Qingzhou has the confidence to face failure; he has so many technologies in his mind that he can easily monetize any of them.

Meanwhile, whether it's solid-state batteries, lithium-ion batteries, or lithium-sulfur batteries, most research groups are studying one thing—the separator.

This material, as a key inner component of lithium-sulfur batteries, is located between the positive and negative electrodes and serves as an important barrier to suppress polysulfide shuttle, making it a key area of ​​research for various research institutions.

Generally speaking, research in the field of batteries is mostly a second-best option.

Xu Qingzhou and his colleagues have different research directions. They start directly with materials, focusing on the most basic components such as sulfur cathode material modification and electrolyte.

"In terms of energy, nuclear fusion energy is still the ultimate energy source within the framework of known information. There is still a long way to go."

(End of this chapter)