Chapter 276: Private meeting

What Lu Zhou didn't expect was that when he came to the hotel lobby, not only Professor Li was here, but also two old men he didn't know.
One of them looked familiar but couldn't name him, and the other didn't know him at all.
With a hint of doubt, Lu Zhou looked at Professor Li Rongen.
"What are two?"
Professor Li was actually helpless.
Originally, he planned to contact Lu Zhou for two days to inquire about the patent authorization, but he did not expect to run into Dean Li, the next-door chemical institute who also came to the M conference, and followed him next to him. .
According to Dean Li, he has been on the phone with Lu Zhou since the morning, but he cannot be reached.
Thinking that Dean Li had helped him a lot, and the big guy next to him was too big, Professor Li had to help.
As for the patent, it seems I have to talk about it next time.
"Let me introduce, this is the leader of our energy related department, Lu Kaimin ..."
"What's the leader, I came in private. Just follow the habit here, just call me Mr. Lu," he enthusiastically shook the hand of the landing boat. Lu Kaimin didn't set up any shelves, and said with a smile, "Jiu Yanglu The professor is famous, and I always hear people say that you are young and promising. Today I saw that you are younger than the legend. "
Somewhat surprised by the enthusiasm of this big man, but Lu Zhou was not someone who had never seen the world before, and shook hands politely with him.
"Reputation, Mr. Lu!"
Professor Li went on to introduce: "This is the dean of our chemical institute, dean Li Shuwen."
"Hello Hello……"
It is not polite to stand and speak.
After some embarrassment, everyone found a restaurant near the hotel.
The specifications of this restaurant are not high-end, but not low, and they mainly serve local Boston specialties.
While on the road, Lu Zhou learned that Dean Li had come here to attend the M conference.
As for the leader of the relevant department, Mr. Lu Lao, applied for an academic visit in a private name with Dean Li.
During the meal, Lu Zhou talked with Professor Li, Dean Li, and this Mr. Lu about lithium battery.
Chatting and chatting, the topic quickly reached the issue of patents.
Mr. Lu: "I heard that Professor Lu has licensed anode materials to Umicore?"
Lu Zhou nodded: "Yes, is there any problem?"
"No problem, just a little suggestion, Professor Lu, please don't get me wrong," Mr. Lu smiled, cleared his throat, and said in a serious tone. "It's like this, about modified PDMS The domestic patent authorization of thin film materials, we absolutely support all your legal rights and interests. I just hope that when you choose a partner, no matter which company you choose and how you will cooperate, please do not sell the exclusive rights to foreign companies.
In fact, making such an abrupt request was helpless.
Huaguo is the world's largest consumer market for electric vehicles. With the breakthrough of lithium battery technology, it is foreseeable that the domestic lithium battery industry will usher in a booming stage.
The positive electrode is okay to say that the patent for a positive electrode material such as LiMo2 has already expired, and it is no problem to use it arbitrarily.
But the key to lithium battery technology is the lithium negative electrode material, not the positive electrode. If the patent right of the lithium anode material is in the hands of a foreign company, for domestic battery companies, it is no doubt equal to being stuck in the upstream water source.
The reason why Mr. Lu Lao named foreign companies was not trade discrimination, but the example of compound artemether was vividly remembered, and even as a classic case of intellectual property, it was placed on the official website of the State Intellectual Property Office as a warning.
Obviously it is a technology developed by itself, and it has to be controlled by people at the doorstep of their own home. This kind of pain is more unacceptable than inferior technology.
Relevant departments certainly do not want Lu Zhou to grant low-cost authorization or Fan Cui to waive the patent fees of domestic enterprises. After all, the original purpose of the patent law is to protect innovation, allow social resources to flow into the field of research and development, and encourage society to create wealth through intellectual property.
However, on this basis, the country hopes that he will be conscious of the "irreplaceability" of his technology and avoid providing international capital with tools to monopolize the domestic market.
After all, the existence of the WTO and the deficiencies in related domestic laws make domestic antitrust investigations of international capital have no small resistance, whether it is evidence collection or judgment. Direct administrative intervention may be subject to resistance from other levels.
Compared to interviews with relevant departments, this kind of dialogue in a private capacity is undoubtedly more euphemistic.
Lu Zhou certainly wouldn't be able to guess what Mr. Lu meant. Even in the lobby of the hotel just now, he had a faint guess.
"You can rest assured that the cooperation between me and Umicore does not involve the domestic market. Regarding the patent authorization in the domestic region, I will authorize all companies that intend to enter the production of anode materials at a fair and reasonable price to ensure that Domestic battery manufacturers can get raw materials for production at a reasonable price. "
"I am assured of Professor Lu's words," said Lu Kaimin with a reassuring smile on his face, and immediately said, "Please also be assured that Professor Lu will not let you suffer for talents like you!"
"It's heavy, where can you talk about what's wrong?" Lu Zhou smiled and said in a light tone, "Mr. Lu won't come to Boston just for this. It's enough to make a phone call."
Lu Kaimin shook his head: "It's not exactly for this matter, it's an emergency. In fact, the original purpose of my trip was just to visit you, and by the way ask you something."
Lu Zhou: "What is it?"
Kaimin Lu said in earnest: "In the white paper on the 13th Five-Year Plan, the high-level directive for the development of the new energy industry was to increase the battery capacity to 500Wh / kg by 2020. At present, with the lithium battery There is no difficulty in achieving this target through technological breakthroughs. But the world is also improving, and we cannot just be satisfied with this. For the next development strategy, I would like to ask your expert's opinion. "
Lu Zhouhan said, "I'm a mathematician. It's not appropriate for me to guide such a thing. I'm going to ask engineers in the field of batteries to refer to the country's future development strategy."
Kaimin Lu insisted: "I do n’t agree with this. Academics speak freely. Whoever says that the opinions of mathematics professors have no reference value? Just like our collider, Mr. Yang ’s opinions are valued by the country. Mr. Qiu ’s Opinion countries also attach great importance to it. Combining the opinions of all people and gathering the wisdom of all people can find a suitable path. Regarding the future of lithium batteries, Professor Lu also hopes to enlighten me. "
That's what it says, but it's completely different ...
Lu Zhou felt helpless.
How should he explain to this Mr. Lu, although Qiu Chengtong is a mathematician and is studying differential geometry, in fact, others are also studying mathematical physics. He is half a physicist, even if he wins a physics prize every day Not surprised. After all, the Calabi-Qiu manifold of the elderly is one of the basic concepts of modern string theory.
Lu Zhou himself, although he was blown by the "old scammers" at the M conference to become the "industry benchmark" in computing materials science and "one of the fathers of lithium batteries", in fact, his research did not involve lithium batteries. In itself, most of the calculated data are theoretical values.
Ask his opinion, it is better to ask those who make batteries.
But looking at Mr. Lu's hunger-seeking gesture, if he didn't say anything, he would offend people.
"... I'll just say a few words, don't take it seriously." Lu Zhou thought about it and continued, "In my personal opinion, among the many directions of lithium batteries, lithium-sulfur batteries have great potential The theoretical specific energy of the Li-S system is 2600Wh / kg. Of course, there are many problems that need to be solved. For example, the most difficult shuttle effect and the poor electronic conductivity of elemental sulfur. "
Lu Kaimin hurriedly asked, "What about lithium air batteries? Is it reliable?"
When Lu Zhou heard this, he immediately understood what he was thinking.
In the frontier areas, everyone has the same starting point, so it is most likely to surpass the United Kingdom and catch up with the United States.
After all, in contrast, whether it is lithium, sodium, magnesium, or the legendary silicon power, giants such as Sony and Samsung have already laid out patents in advance.
In such an environment, even if you develop it, you may still not be able to get rid of the patent barriers of others. Choosing a key R & D direction is naturally more suitable for a promising direction.
Even so, leapfrog research is absolutely not desirable.
Especially the lithium empty stuff ...
Lu Zhou shook his head: "It's very difficult, very difficult ... That thing is plain. At the present stage, it is stated that it is a deception charge."
I have to admit that the energy density of lithium air is indeed very attractive ~ EbookFREE.me ~ and it is easier to establish its own core technology than the lithium-sulfur battery that others have studied for many years.
Not to mention a business giant such as IBM, even the former Energy Minister appointed by Obama and Comrade Zhu Xiwen, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics, were almost fooled when formulating an energy development strategy.
In the face of attractive prospects, the problems facing lithium-air batteries are even more serious.
This is not just a lithium dendrite problem. From pure oxygen separation to a series of complex side reactions, any one of these technologies has been solved, and it is not just the battery industry that has changed.
With modern technology, it is not that you are not ready to answer this question, but that you do not know where to start.
In fact, Lu Zhou knew that someone would put his own thesis and name into the PPT and cheat on scientific research funding with the concept of lithium air batteries.
Although the scientist's affairs cannot be deceived, he still hopes that the country's science and technology tree can take less detours and spend money on projects that really need money.
Even these projects may lack that imagination.