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Chapter 622 I really hope you can stay this tough

In late November, in Xu Qingzhou's office.

"Old Zhao, Old Zheng, you two proceed with the experiment according to these two plans. If you have any questions, please communicate with me."

Zhao Shengwen nodded, closed his notebook, and couldn't help but sigh, "Finally, I've come up with two reasonably acceptable proposals."

"Frankly speaking, both of these proposals still have shortcomings."

Zheng Xu frowned, somewhat unwilling.

Xu Qingzhou poured tea for the two professors and said with a smile, "The essence of scientific research experiments is to explore the unknown, rather than to execute a set procedure. Iterating and optimizing to get closer to the truth and turning problems into opportunities for innovation is, in a sense, more interesting than a perfect solution."

"Haha, that makes sense, Lao Zheng. There is no truly perfect solution."

Zhao Shengwen chuckled and agreed.

"Yes, I was stubborn about that."

Zheng Xu smiled, paused, and shared his news: "I heard that Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States has developed a new pressing process that brings the porosity of sulfide solid electrolytes close to 0% and increases room temperature conductivity by 1000 times."

"I saw this message too."

Zhao Shengwen slowly said, "This is a breakthrough for solid-state batteries, far exceeding current experiments of the same period."

"There should be a lot of progress in the domestic area as well," Xu Qingzhou guessed. With the world accelerating its technological progress, China should also have breakthroughs.

"It seems like BYD is making some moves." Zhao Shengwen had done battery experiments before and had extensive connections in this field.

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"The competition in the energy sector is fierce, and countries are increasing their investment in this area."

“I have an old friend who has now gone off to work on controlled nuclear fusion.”

"Our institute's goal is energy, and we can't avoid nuclear fusion; it's only a matter of time."

"Haha, that's right."

The three chatted for a while, finished their tea, and then Zheng Xu and Zhao Shengwen took the plan they had and went back to arrange their work.

Xu Qingzhou was the only one left in the huge office.

"Whoo~"

Xu Qingzhou picked up a cup of tea and stood by the window to relax.

He and Zhao Shengwen, the two responsible persons, worked for three consecutive days and finally came up with both plans. Just as Zheng Xu said, both plans still had many flaws, but as the helmsman of the research institute, they couldn't just keep working on them until they thought they were perfect before starting the experiment.

For research institutes, the goal is to maximize scientific output with limited resources, rather than pursuing an illusory "perfection."

Last night's autumn rain lowered the temperature by several degrees, and cold air crept in through the window cracks.

"It might snow in a few days."

Xu Qingzhou's gaze fell on the lawn in the distance. After the wind and rain, the leaves of the ginkgo trees were scattered all over the grass, and the bare branches could be seen.

Autumn is basically over, and early winter is just around the corner.

He was somewhat dazed. He and Song, the school beauty, returned to China in the summer, and it was already November in the blink of an eye. It was as if several months had been stolen in the middle, and they had gone directly from the height of summer to late autumn.

Hey~
Hey~
The phone on the table beeped with a series of message notifications.

He didn't even need to look to know it was from Song, the school beauty; only this girl would bombard him with messages.

Xu Qingzhou took a sip of tea, turned around and returned to his desk. Sure enough, it was a message from Song Yao.

Today, Song Yao went to Peking University to find Li Daiyue to discuss a research project. She is currently having coffee outside with Han Shiyi and has taken many photos of pastries for him.

Xu Qingzhou typed: "Aren't you on a diet?"

Just a few days ago, I was eating grass. Song Yao: "I'm losing weight so I can eat better."

Xu Qingzhou: "I really hope you can stay this tough."

After chatting with Song Yao for a few minutes, Xu Qingzhou put down his phone and prepared to get down to business.

I pulled out the manuscript of the supersymmetric zeta function theory from the corner of the table. My mind has been filled with physics formulas and various chemical reactions these past few days, so doing some math calculations is a good way to relax my brain.

As Xu Qingzhou had predicted, once the experiment began, a host of problems arose.

11 month 21 day.

Regarding the modification of cathode materials, Xu Qingzhou envisions building a highly efficient adsorption-catalysis synergistic system, of which the aforementioned LiF/GO composite layer is one such example, achieving both physical barrier and chemical anchoring effects.

Zheng Xu's team was responsible for multi-element doping and gradient design.

In simple terms, it involves using the gradient doping of multiple elements such as Fe, Si, and Ca in steel slag to form a high-entropy region on the surface, where Ca inhibits the ordered transformation of Na/vacancy.

"Al and F co-doping easily form AlF precipitate. I have asked the math group to help with the model. The biggest obstacle we are currently facing is that the ion migration path is blocked in high-entropy materials and the interface impedance is high."

In the laboratory, Zheng Xu and Xu Qingzhou reported on the situation.

"This is largely thanks to the relatively new equipment in the institute. The spherical aberration-corrected TEM can observe nanoscale gradient interfaces; otherwise, we would have encountered many more problems."

Zheng Xu was somewhat emotional.

"The conductivity of a 0.1 M NaCl solution is 5.65 × 10⁻⁶ S/m, while it drops to 0.098 S/m at 0.002 M."

Xu Qingzhou looked at the sample image in the electron microscope and asked, "What are your thoughts?"

Zheng Xu said in a deep voice, "I want to try a composite electrolyte design, which is to combine it with the LiF/GO artificial SEI layer you proposed last time, to see if we can reduce the interfacial impedance."

Xu Qingzhou pondered for a moment, nodded, and then asked, "How about further optimizing the ion transport path using gradient pore structures?"

“That’s a good idea. I’ll study your approach further,” Zheng Xu replied.

After examining the samples on-site, Xu Qingzhou decided not to stay any longer. "I'll take the data back first and see if there are any other solutions to address the problem of blocked ion migration pathways and high interfacial impedance."

Zheng Xu nodded, paused, and said, "Our group has two research proposals. I've looked at them, and they're quite interesting."

Xu Qingzhou smiled and said, "Just let them apply for the research grants through the normal procedures."

Although the team is very busy with projects, Xu Qingzhou still supports independent projects.

This approach ensures project implementation efficiency while also stimulating researchers' innovative potential.

Therefore, the institute's current model allows for independent project applications, provided that resources permit and there are no conflicts, and allows researchers to devote 70% of their time to team projects and 30% to independent exploratory research.

Of course, unless otherwise agreed upon, the patents resulting from the work of researchers within the institute belong to the institute. This is undisputed and follows the same principles as universities and other research institutes worldwide. Researchers receive authorship of papers, patent royalties, or bonuses from the institute.

This is sufficient for most researchers.

Papers are the "hard currency" for promotion and evaluation. After working hard all year, isn't it all for the sake of having a few articles under your own name?

"Okay, I'll have them submit their application materials."

Zheng Xu said.

The obstructed ion migration pathways and high interfacial impedance are major problems; that's just how the material's properties are, and their group currently has no good solutions. However, he has inexplicable confidence in Xu Qingzhou.

Perhaps, this 23-year-old youth has brought them too much shock.

Xu Qingzhou didn't waste any time after returning to his office; he took out some paper and began calculating the conductivity and resistivity.

This is the first step. Next, we need to perform AC impedance spectrum analysis, which involves various modeling and complex impedance analysis.

(End of this chapter)