Chapter 324: Back to San Francisco

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The meeting venue is at the Hyatt Hotel, located in Union Square, a short walk from Chinatown. The hotel offers on-site dining and a 24-hour gym. There are dedicated meeting rooms to provide space for academic meetings.
He drove the boat to his destination. After he parked the car in the underground garage, Salot went with the boat to the elevator.
This kind of meeting is not only a good opportunity to exchange academic issues with colleagues, but also a good opportunity to expand contacts. Opportunities like this are not easily missed by any aspiring researcher.
Of course, unlike his boss, Lu Zhou reimbursed all expenses from the moment he got on the plane. Salot had to pay for it at this meeting.
Standing on the elevator, Lu Zhou looked at Salot: "I'm going to sleep upstairs, how about you?"
Salot glanced at Lu Zhou in disbelief: "Don't you plan to go to sleep? There will be a dance for a while."
"I don't know how to dance," Lu Zhou yawned, and said with a lack of interest, "and it's enough to attend this kind of banquet once."
On the evening of the seminar, there was a larger and more formal ball.
As for the party that warms up for academic exchanges, it doesn't matter to him whether to participate or not.
After spending several hours on the plane, he now just wanted to sleep in bed and prepare for tomorrow's award ceremony and speech.
Sarote made a helpless expression: "Then you go to sleep, I'll go to the lobby on the first floor for a while. May I help you order a dinner to your room?"
Lu Zhou waved his hand: "No, you have fun. If I am hungry, I will call the front desk."
Sarote's room is on the third floor. Before going to the prom, he needs to make some preparations, such as adding mousse to his hair.
As for Lu Zhou, he took the elevator and went up to the fifth floor.
Passing through the red carpet corridor, passing through the rest area in the middle of the corridor, two men in suits noticed him, immediately stopped talking, got up from the sofa, and greeted him.
Lu Zhou unexpectedly glanced at the two who came forward, only to find that one of them was familiar, but could not name it.
"Fortunately, Professor Lu from Princeton, I'm glad to meet you here." The old man who looked more familiar extended his right hand, shook hands with Lu Zhou, and said enthusiastically.
"Hello ... Excuse me?"
"Stanley Whitingham, State University of New York at Binghamton," said the old man politely.
Hearing the name, Lu Zhou's expression suddenly appeared a little stunned.
Stanley Whittingham, this person is also a big bull in the field of lithium battery, no wonder he feels familiar.
As for how old the old man is, as early as the 1970s, he used titanium sulfide as the cathode material and lithium metal as the anode material to design the earliest lithium batteries. And this is also recognized as the earliest lithium battery.
It is just because of the well-known lithium dendrite safety problems that lithium batteries have not been able to successfully leave the laboratory. Until Luzhou's modified pdms material solved this problem, the lithium battery was considered to have completed the transformation from a bomb to a battery.
"Good luck, good luck," Lu Zhou and Stanley shook hands, looking at the man standing next to him. "This is it?"
Professor Stanley introduced: "This is Darren Woods, Exxon Mobil ceo."
"I'm glad to meet you, Professor Lu." Darren Woods smiled at Lu Zhou and extended his right hand. "Your thesis published in" Nature "and" Science "is impressive, that is, some opinions are true. It's too difficult to understand, I'm afraid I have to ask you a lot. "
Although I haven't heard of Darren Woods, Exxon Mobil Land has heard of it.
I remember just two months ago, Mobil's ceo was Rex Tillerson. However, as a real estate tycoon came to power, the executive who was rated as "the world's most influential ceo" in 16 years submitted his resignation and switched to be Secretary of State.
It seems that this Woods is Tillerson's successor.
"Hello," shook hands with this ceo, Lu Zhou looked at him with some surprise and asked, "Mr. Woods is also interested in lithium batteries?"
Woods smiled: "Of course, oil is a valuable chemical raw material. It is too wasteful to burn it. Compared to gasoline, we are more willing to turn it into a chemical raw material. In fact, in order to ease a series of climates such as global warming Question, we have been committed to investing in new energy, and batteries are of course a vital part of it. "
Although ExxonMobil is an oil and gas company, its field of involvement is not only oil and gas, but also involved in chemical, automotive, new energy and other industries.
The earliest lithium battery was made by Professor Stanley's laboratory, and the funder was Mobil Chemical.
Lu Zhou smiled and didn't speak.
It's normal for Mobil to be interested in the new energy field, but it would be strange if he was not interested. But to say that the reason is because of a sense of social responsibility, such as global warming, is too funny.
Looking at Lu Zhou with a gaze, Woods continued with a smile: "Speaking, has the synthesis process of hcs-1 material progressed?"
Lu Zhou shook his head: "Not yet."
"It's really regrettable," Woods sighed, saying in a rather regretful tone. "It's a very good material, but its price is really unacceptable."
Obviously, Mobil Chemical also used carbon nanotubes and fullerene materials to perform a co-thermal reaction according to the method described in the landing boat, and a small amount of hcs-1 was obtained through screening. Elemental sulfur was mixed.
Although the number of cycles and cycle efficiency are not considered friendly, its excellent energy density is still coveted.
Like quad-rotor drones, some underwater operating equipment, and areas with high requirements for endurance performance, the space for lithium-sulfur batteries is still large.
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Yes, but in my opinion it still has a lot of flaws."
Woods shook his head: "No, no, you don't understand, not all batteries have such strict requirements for the number of cycles and cycle efficiency. Sometimes we also use replaceable disposable batteries in pursuit of energy density."
After a pause, Woods asked with a smile: "If this technical problem is solved, the whole world will benefit a lot. I wonder if you need some funding?"
Lu Zhou shook his head: "It's a pity ~ EbookFREE.me ~ My research is not needed, maybe you can consider investing in some more promising laboratories."
"That's really a shame. In my opinion, no one has more potential to do this great job than you."
This is the second time Woods has said the word "regret", but despite saying so, his expression does not look much regretful.
Obviously, similar research is being conducted in Mobil-invested laboratories.
And I am afraid that a lot of results have been produced, but the staged results have not been published.
Looking at Professor Stanley standing next to him, Lu Zhou knew a little.
The two originally came to inquire into their own research progress.
Thinking of this, Lu Zhou couldn't help laughing and shook his head.
Want to know his research progress?
Okay, just buy "Science" and you won't know.
He never hid and hid.
After chatting for a few words, they found that the two had been testing themselves. Lu Zhou suddenly felt that he was lacking in interest, so he said goodbye and dragged his suitcase to his room.
Watching the big man leaving Woods, he gradually put a smile on his face and looked at Professor Stanley next to him.
"Where do you think his research went?"
Professor Stanley frowned slightly: "It's not easy to say, this person is deeply hidden. If the two papers published in Science are all his current research progress, our chances of winning the top spot in this area are still great. But I don't believe that. "
After a pause, Professor Stanley looked dignified, and continued in a serious tone.
"Did you not notice? Although we have been testing his research progress, he has no interest in the progress of our research, and even has no interest in asking ..."
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