The meeting venue is at Hyatt Regency, located in Union Square, just a short walk from Chinatown. The hotel offers in-house dining and a 24-hour gym, and a dedicated meeting room provides space for academic conferences.

The car was sent to the destination by car, and Sarrot stopped the car in the underground garage and walked with the boat to the elevator.

This kind of meeting is not only a good opportunity to exchange academic problems with peers, but also a good opportunity to expand your network. An opportunity like this, any aspiring researcher will not let go.

Of course, unlike his boss, Lu Zhou started from the moment he got on the plane, and all the expenses were reimbursed by the organizer. And when Sarrot attended this meeting, he had to pay for it.

Standing on the elevator, Lu Zhou looked at Sarrot: "I am going to go upstairs to sleep, what about you?"

Sarot couldn't believe to look at Lu Zhou: "You are going to sleep? There is still a dance party."

"I can't dance," Lu Zhou yawned and said with a lack of interest. "And this kind of party is enough."

On the evening of the day of the seminar, there was a larger, more formal dance.

As for this party that warms up for academic exchanges, it doesn't matter to him to participate.

After spending a few hours on the plane, he now just wants to lie in bed and sleep for the awards ceremony and speech tomorrow.

Sarrot made a helpless expression: "Then you go to sleep, I will wait for a while in the lobby on the first floor. Do you need me to send a dinner to your room?"

Lu Zhou waved his hand: "No, you are happy to play, if I am hungry, I will call the front desk."

Sarot's room is on the third floor. Before going to the ball, he still needs to make some preparations, such as adding some mousse to his hair.

As for Lu Zhou, he took the elevator and continued to go up to the fifth floor.

Passing through the red carpeted hallway, while passing through the rest area in the middle of the corridor, the two men in suits noticed him, immediately stopped talking, got up from the sofa and greeted him.

Lu Zhou accidentally looked at the two people who came face to face. I only thought that one of them was familiar, but could not name it.

"Fortunately, Professor Lu from Princeton is very happy to see you here." The old-fashioned old man extended his right hand and shook hands with Lu Zhou, saying warmly.

"Hello... are you?"

"Stanley Whitingham, State University of New York at Binghamton," the old man introduced himself politely.

Upon hearing this name, Lu Zhou’s expression suddenly appeared a bit stunned.

Stanley Whittingham (stanley whittingham), this person is also a big cow in the field of lithium, no wonder he will feel familiar.

As for the old man, there were many cows. As early as the 1970s, he used titanium sulfide as the positive electrode material and lithium metal as the negative electrode material to design the earliest lithium battery. And this is also recognized, the earliest lithium battery.

However, lithium batteries have not been able to successfully exit the laboratory because of the safety problems caused by the well-known lithium dendrites. Until Lu Zhou's modified pdms material solved this problem, the lithium battery was completed from the bomb to the battery.

"Fortunately, I will be lucky," Lu Zhou and Stanley shook hands and looked at the person standing next to him. "Is this?"

Professor Stanley said: "This is Darren Woods, Exxon Mobil."

"I am very glad to meet you, Professor Lu." Darren Woods smiled at Lu Zhou and extended his right hand. "The papers you published in Nature and Science are impressive. Some opinions are true. Too difficult to understand, I am afraid I have a lot of things to ask you."

Although I have never heard of Darren Woods, Exxon Mobil has already heard of it.

I remember that just two months ago, Mobil's ceo was still Rex Tillerson. However, with the arrival of a real estate tycoon, the executive who was named "the world's most influential ceo" in 16 years, submitted his resignation and moved to become the Secretary of State.

It seems that this Woods is the successor of Tillerson.

"Hello," shook hands with the ceo. Lu Zhou looked at him unexpectedly and asked: "Mr. Woods is also interested in lithium batteries?"

Woods smiled slightly: "Of course, oil is a precious chemical raw material. It is too wasteful to burn. Compared with gasoline, we are more willing to turn it into chemical raw materials. In fact, in order to alleviate a series of climates such as global warming. The problem, we have been committed to investment in new energy fields, and batteries are naturally a vital part of it."

Although Exxon Mobil is an oil and gas company, its involvement is not only oil and gas, but also in the 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 did not speak.

It is normal for Mobil to be interested in the new energy field. It would be strange to be uninterested. But the reason is because of the social responsibility such as global warming, it is too funny.

Looking at Lu Zhou with a gaze, Woods continued to ask with a smile: "Speaking, is there any progress in the synthesis of hcs-1 materials?"

Lu Zhou shook his head: "Not yet."

"That's really regrettable," Woods sighed and said in a rather regrettable tone. "That's a very good material, but its price is a bit unacceptable."

Obviously, Mobil Chemical also used the method described by Lu Zhou in the paper to carry out the co-heat reaction with carbon nanotubes and fullerene materials, and screened a small amount of hcs-1, and according to the ratio of 20% mass fraction and Elemental sulfur is mixed.

Although the number of cycles and cycle efficiency are not friendly, their excellent energy density is still coveted.

Such as the four-rotor UAV, some underwater operating equipment, the field of high endurance performance requirements, lithium-sulfur battery space is still very large

Lu Zhou said with a smile: "Yes, but in my opinion, it still has a lot of defects."

Woods shook his head. "No, no, you don't understand. Not all batteries are so demanding on the number of cycles and cycle efficiency. Sometimes we use replaceable disposable batteries for energy density."

After a pause, Woods smiled and made an invitation: "If you solve this technical problem, you will benefit a lot from the whole world. Do you know if you need some funding?"

Lu Zhou shook his head: "Unfortunately, my research does not need it. Maybe you can consider investing in some more potential laboratories."

"That's a shame. In my opinion, no one has more potential than you to complete this great work."

This is the second time Woods has said the word "regret", but although he said so, his expression is not much regrettable.

Obviously, similar research is being conducted in the lab of Mobil Investment.

And I am afraid that a lot of results have been made, but the staged results are not published.

Looking at Professor Stanley standing next to him, Lu Zhou’s heart was slightly clear.

The two men originally came to inquire about their own research progress.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhou could not help but smile and shook his head.

Want to know his research progress?

Well, if you buy this "Science", you won't know it.

He has never been hiding.

After talking a few words, I found that the two had been testing themselves. Lu Zhou felt that there was some lack of interest, and he said aloud and dragged his suitcase to his room.

Watching the woods who left the big man, he gradually put away a smile on his face and looked at Professor Stanley next to him.

"What step do you think his research has taken?"

Professor Stanley frowned slightly: "Not very good, this person is very deep. If the two papers published in Science are all his current research progress, our chances of winning this place are still very big. But I don't believe that there is only this."

After a pause, Professor Stanley’s expression was a little dignified and he continued to speak in earnest.

"Did you not notice? Although we have been testing his research progress, he is indifferent to the progress of our research, and even has no interest in asking..."