I am devoted to scientific research, but you want to trick me into having a love relationship?

Chapter 632 Did they just flip the table over?
11 o'clock noon.

Xu Qingzhou lightly tapped the manuscript in front of him with the tip of his pen, glanced around, and said in a deep voice:

"MXene/carbon nanotube composite aerogel, nitrogen/boron co-doped carbon nanotubes, and high-entropy sulfide (FeCoNi-S) are the three materials currently identified. Does anyone have any additions?"

Zheng Xu and the others shook their heads.

These three materials and phosphorus-modified carbon nanotube-loaded sulfides share common similarities.

For example, the first one mentioned above, MXene (TiCT) forms a three-dimensional conductive network with CNTs, which has both physical confinement and chemical adsorption, and the polar surface replaces the chemical anchoring effect of phosphorus.

"We can test these materials within half a month," Zheng Xu said slowly.

"I'll leave this place to you for now."

Xu Qingzhou nodded and prepared to go and visit Zhao Shengwen to get the latest experimental progress.

The lithium dendrite team has now raised the energy density of lithium-ion batteries to the theoretical level and achieved stable performance. Starting today, they will officially enter the critical stage of lithium dendrite development.

The goal has shifted from "suppressing lithium dendrites" to "solving lithium dendrite problems".

After checking the laboratory and confirming the progress, Xu Qingzhou returned to his office.

The superconducting thin film group's experiment officially ended on the 31st.

Xu Qingzhou generously gave the three members of the group a few days off. In December, in order to catch up on the experimental schedule, Li Yi and the others practically slept in the lab.

According to Xu Qingzhou's idea, the members of the superconducting thin film group should be retained, but research on controlled nuclear fusion should be carried out instead.

The number of people working on lithium dendrites and the shuttle effect is sufficient, so there is no need to increase manpower. Now is the perfect time to lay the foundation for controlled nuclear fusion.

Building an engineering stack is currently impossible.

While this isn't as terrifying as nuclear fission, it still poses a risk and won't be carried out in Kyoto city.

The specific location of the engineering stack is not something we should be considering right now.

Xu Qingzhou plans to first conduct three types of experiments at the research institute: superconducting magnet verification, plasma AI control, and radiation-resistant material testing. The first step is to set up the laboratory.

This requires equipment such as a pulsed magnetic field generator, a small tokamak vacuum chamber, and an ion beam irradiation device.

Once everything is completed, it will require at least 5 million yuan in funding.

This wouldn't be a major blow to Zero Point Technology, which had just sold its battery patent. After discussing it with Song Yao, he handed over the task of purchasing the equipment to Ross, the manager of the overseas offshore company.

Ross handled the last batch of equipment; he's very experienced in this area.

The superconducting thin film experiment has ended. Zero Point Technology had been applying for a patent for a long time, and at 8 pm, the Kyoto Institute for Materials Science's official website synchronized the latest research results.

The institute announced that it had achieved a phased improvement in the performance of superconducting thin films, revolutionarily increasing the Jc value to 5.0×10A/cm.

At this very moment, the internet is buzzing with activity. Sure enough, as soon as the news broke, comments flooded the comment section, and the official website's page instantly became lively.

"Holy crap, can someone explain to me what this means?"

"Although I don't understand it, I am deeply shocked!"

"666!"

"Incredible! 5.0×10A/cm, that's way ahead of the world's top levels!"

"If Xu Shen's previous work on superconducting thin films was just a matter of moving from small kalameters to the table, then now it can be said that Xu Shen has directly overturned the table."

"This means that power grids, magnetic resonance imaging equipment, and even controlled nuclear fusion projects will undergo an unprecedented transformation in the near future!"

"Oh no, we're doomed! My project with my supervisor has only been going on for half a year, and it feels like it's going to fail!"

"No, brother, didn't a large number of people in the superconducting thin film research group die last June? Why are you guys still going against the grain and going to study superconducting thin films instead?"

"Yeah, are you really that stubborn? Our group was also planning to work on superconducting thin films, but we gave up in the end. You have no idea how competitive the field of superconducting thin films is." "Brother, we're in a worse situation than you guys. We've been researching for two and a half years, and then Xu Shen came along and did this."

"My mentor's experimental philosophy: Never work on the same track as Xu Qingzhou."

"That's what I said at the time, but the director said that shells can't all land in the same crater."

"and then?"

"And now it's all useless. Who the hell knew that Xu Shen was still working on superconducting thin films!"

Comfort comes from afar.

"Holy crap, they're way ahead!"

"When will the paper be released? I want to read it."

Although there are export restrictions on patents, it does not prevent the publication of papers. Currently, the superconducting thin film group has three papers in top journals under review.

Of course, the paper has undergone an anonymization process to avoid key technologies, and some data has been deliberately obfuscated, only providing a range.

While things were bustling in Xia Country, the situation in the United States was equally turbulent.

Take Princeton, for example, which was just this morning.

Professor Maxwell rushed into the office and immediately sensed that something was wrong. He said with a grim face, "Oh! It seems you've also received that damned news."

"Yes."

Crane Xavier nodded, looking at the data released by Xu Qingzhou and his team, a sense of powerlessness welled up inside him, "The Jc value has reached 5.0×10A/cm, what a terrifying opponent we have found for ourselves."

"This has far exceeded the limits of existing materials, hasn't it?"

"Theoretically, it is still possible to achieve."

"I really want to fly over there right now and see how those Xia people managed to do it."

Inside the office, everyone looked rather grim.

Three days ago, they had just finished a party to celebrate the breakthrough of superconducting thin film performance to 4.0×10A/cm, and had just conducted iterative experiments. Before they could even announce the good news, this devastating news came from across the ocean.

A wake-up call.

This feeling is quite unpleasant, or rather, when we first received the news, everyone's first reaction was: Impossible!
Even now, it still seems somewhat unbelievable.

No, bro, aren't you guys putting all your effort into tackling the challenges in the battery field? Why do you still have the energy to research superconducting thin films?
Professor Maxwell suddenly recalled his conversation with Xu Qingzhou at London Airport.

He asked Xu Qingzhou if it was a joke to push the data of superconducting thin films to even higher levels.

At that time, this is what the young man from the Xia Kingdom said:

"I never joke about technical issues."

"If nothing unexpected happens, there will be a revolutionary breakthrough in the field of superconducting thin films in the near future."

Professor Maxwell shook his head. Well, this young man had once again created a miracle.

So powerful that it inspires awe.

Maxwell composed himself, took a deep breath, and clapped his hands to signal everyone to be quiet: "Alright, everyone, now is not the time for sadness. It's time to think about our next task."

"The patent team has already taken action, carrying out some rescue patent applications."

"Actually, there is still a market for our superconducting thin films."

"But it cannot be denied that it is not on the same level as Xia Country."

(End of this chapter)