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Chapter 31 Hmph! You win.
In Professor Jiang's view, the combination of such top-tier solid-state battery cathode material and the amazing catalyst boron polymer should make the resulting gaseous battery amazing.

The charging speed is unparalleled, which is to be expected.

It's like when others fill a bottle with pebbles or water, and you just fill it with air. How can your charging speed not be fast?

However, the energy density of this gaseous lithium battery is less than half that of the mature semi-liquid lithium batteries on the market.

For a while, Professor Jiang really couldn't understand why Xu Mingyuan would not focus on studying his expertise in solid-state lithium batteries, but instead try to create a completely new field of gaseous lithium batteries.
Is it just for the title of the first to invent a gaseous lithium battery?
"Ding ding~ Ding ding ding~"

At that moment, Professor Jiang's personal cell phone rang, pulling him out of his immersion in the data on gaseous lithium-ion batteries and discovering that the power had tripped in the office because the ceramic stove was running dry.

The sun outside the window disappeared, and the sky gradually darkened.

Professor Jiang picked up his phone and glanced at the caller ID. It was that old guy, Lin, again. Was he calling to brag about his students?

He switched off the power to the office, then turned on the lights and began a “friendly” conversation with Lao Lin.

"Hehe! Old Lin, don't be so smug. Come over tomorrow, and I'll show you my star pupil's new battery."

Professor Jiang felt a surge of pride and satisfaction.

"No. I don't even bother telling you about those minor breakthroughs, like improved processes or stress diffusion models for sodium ion grain boundary cracks. They're not even worth mentioning."

"Aren't you the chairman of the National Energy Storage Technology Standardization Committee? If you want to deploy two more large-scale energy storage stations this year and accelerate the domestic new energy conversion process, you might have to ask me for help!"

Professor Jiang and Lao Lin have been rivals for many years.

The two are of similar age, both live in Shenzhen, and are experts in the domestic battery field.

Professor Jiang is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Materials Science and Engineering and one of the directors of the National Key Laboratory of New Energy (informal document, "one of" can be omitted).

The pioneer of lithium iron phosphate preparation technology and chief scientific advisor of BTD Research Institute.

Lao Lin is the Vice Dean of the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Shenzhen University, a leading expert in the field of lithium batteries, and the sole Chairman of the National Energy Storage Technology Standardization Committee (informal document, "sole" can be added).

A pioneer in the industrialization of lithium iron phosphate, and a specially appointed scientific advisor to Ningde.

One is a relatively ideal national scientific research and technical personnel, and the other is a relatively mature technical bureaucrat, responsible for coordinating academia, research and production between government and business.

The two had known each other for many years and always wanted to compare things, but it never hurt their relationship. It was just a small verbal bet between men, like whoever is better.

Of course, if you insist on saying who is better, it's like comparing apples and oranges, no one can compare, you know that!

The only certainty is that both of them wield considerable influence in China.

They've spent most of their lives comparing their own honors, and now they're comparing their students.

In the past, Professor Jiang had fewer students, so he naturally couldn't compare to Vice Dean Lin, who had "students all over the world".

But now, one of Xu Mingyuan's achievements in gaseous lithium batteries is worth ten thousand of his.

Gaseous lithium-ion batteries were a groundbreaking and entirely new technology.

If this is released, many SCI research directions for science and engineering PhDs and Masters will have a clear direction.

Hmph! Old Lin! What do you have to compare with me!

Well, at worst, you win!
Old Lin isn't a rigid, principled technician; otherwise, he wouldn't have become the vice dean and wouldn't be able to coordinate academic research and production.

In the remote laboratory late at night, Zhao Tiezhu, who was constantly moving around injecting carbon dioxide into the high-pressure reactor and then pressurizing it, had his T-shirt under his white protective suit soaked with sweat.

It's not that we didn't turn on the central air conditioning to save on electricity bills over long distances, but rather that the protective suits are designed primarily for protection, with little regard for comfort!

Chen Mo, on the other hand, sat in front of the computer monitor, and apart from his bloodshot eyes, he didn't sweat much.

Against a blue background, a wave peak graph was projected onto his eyes, casting a pulsating, curving pattern.
"Pfft!"

The high-pressure reactor is venting, and another simulation is complete.

For the 137th time, Zhao Tiezhu used a specially made three-way valve syringe to draw gas, injected it, and pressed the pressurization button on the high-pressure reactor.
The usually energetic Zhao Tiezhu sat blankly in his small swivel chair, staring at the numbers on the dashboard. "Pfft~"

Another simulation has been completed.

Just as Zhao Tiezhu was about to mechanically repeat the process of gas extraction, injection, and pressurization, Chen Mo suddenly straightened up and clicked the save button heavily with the mouse.

"It's done!"

After a day and a half of hard work, Chen Mo finally collected 100 sets of valid data parameters. He clicked on the automatic demonstration, and the 3D rendering of the control model slowly unfolded on the screen of his second-hand laptop.

When Zhao Tiezhu leaned closer, his nose almost touched the monitor: "Brother Chen! What kind of model is this? It looks like a hornet's nest!"

"This is called a magnetic field confinement lattice!"

Chen Mo didn't say much; this kid was clearly not the type to listen attentively.

Then, he shut down the high-pressure reactor, took off his gloves, rubbed his temples, and teased Zhao Tiezhu.

"We'll start preparing the materials tomorrow, and build the structural framework the day after. You're not going to become a scientist, are you?"

Zhao Tiezhu slumped in the swivel chair, his legs dangling directly on the chair legs and swinging.

"That's perfect! I feel nauseous just looking at this high-pressure reactor. From now on, let whoever wants to be a scientist can be one!"

Zhao Tiezhu had no idea how many researchers envied them for being able to create a successful simulated environmental control model in a single day; how many people would rather stay up all night than have that opportunity!
"My ultimate dream for the future is..." Zhao Tiezhu said, catching his breath.

Chen Mo looked at the brat, wanting to hear about his so-called ultimate dream.

"When I have money, I'll set up a barbecue stall in front of our workshop and grill a hundred or so lamb kidneys!"

"Huh???" Chen Mo was full of questions.

"Brother Chen, haven't you heard that saying?" The rascal laughed, shaking his head and humming a line he'd picked up from who-knows-where: "Life is like roasted lamb kidneys, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, that's what makes it spicy!"

Chen Mo smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

"Let's go! Stop fussing. Let's go change out of these sweltering protective suits first. It's getting late, let's just make do here for the night."

Zhao Tiezhu rubbed his lower back and sprang up from the swivel chair, grinning exaggeratedly.

"Alright! But Brother Chen, are you sure you don't need my help tomorrow and the day after?"

As Chen Mo walked into the locker room, he replied with a smile, "I understand your desire to help, but let me ask you, laser slicing or chemical etching, which do you know?"

Since the laboratory in this remote location lacks micron-level 3D etching equipment, the subsequent layout and construction of composite electrodes can only be done by hand-forming a rough MOF structure using the cumbersome method of laser slicing and chemical etching.

For hand-made battery prototypes, a rougher structure and a less attractive appearance are not a big deal as long as they do not affect the final performance and safety of the product.

After all, the conditions of this distant battery laboratory are what they are. Chen Mo can't possibly ask them to prepare a micron-level 3D etching device worth at least a million yuan just because he wants to make a MOF structure!
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Zhao Tiezhu did not reply. He had never heard of either laser slicing or chemical etching before.

"Alright, Brother Chen, I can't help you, but I can stay and share the hardships with you. That way, I won't let your 18 months' bonus go to waste!"

The ceiling fan above the changing room was whirring. Chen Mo took off his heavy protective suit and immediately understood what the kid was thinking. He smiled and told him.

"Don't try anything funny, kid. You don't need to remind me; I won't forget about your little bonus!"

"Brother Chen! How could I be that kind of person!" Zhao Tiezhu said, looking aggrieved. "It's not about the bonus; I just want to learn more from Brother Chen!"

Chen Mo smiled without saying a word. "See if I believe you or not. Didn't you say you never wanted to be a scientist again and wanted to go roast lamb kidneys?"

On the first day of renting the remote battery lab, Chen Mo and his partner got off to a good start, successfully creating the environmental control model required for the synthesis of gaseous electrolytes.

Chen Mo has become increasingly confident in the gaseous lithium battery solution provided by the system.

(End of this chapter)