Wang Haifeng was very unhappy recently.

Or to be more precise, he has not been happy for the past six months.

First, the opening report was called back to redo because of the novelty problem, and was also dug by the Jinling Institute of Computational Materials.

To be honest, he never thought about it. The little Liu, who is big-eyed and looks honest and honest, will betray him.

This is good, there are not many students who have the skills in his lab, and the most capable one has gone. Many of the things that were originally given to Liu Hong, and now have to be personally played by his veteran.

All the way to the road, the subject is finally applied, and research funding is gradually in place.

However, in a few days, there was a “bad news” on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. The Binghamton University Materials Research Institute, sponsored by ExxonMobil, developed a caged carbon molecule that successfully solved the lithium-sulfur battery. Shuttle effect.

The paper was published in the top journal of the chemical industry, "jacs", and was promoted by Exxon Mobil. Now the whole academic and industrial vision is focused on Professor Stanley and his thesis.

It is not just Wang Haifeng that has been hit by this news. Almost all the domestic research and development teams that are doing lithium-sulfur battery projects, especially in the “shuttle effect”, have been greatly affected.

Especially for the horizontal issue of taking money from enterprises, many companies have cut their investment in this piece for cost reasons.

Research teams that can't even get out of staged results are even facing the dilemma of being divested.

In contrast, Wang Haifeng is still relatively lucky.

As a scholar of the Yangtze River, he applied for the subject instead of a horizontal issue, but a vertical subject, taking money from the National Research Fund.

Compared with the cooperation with enterprises, vertical issues do not need to consider the problem of “profit and loss”, and are less affected by changes in the market environment. Although there is no horizontal easy money, various management procedures are troublesome, but the benefits are stable.

At least, don't worry that the subject is half done, the investors can't see the results for a long time, and the table doesn't work.

But in any case, ExxonMobil has pioneered the establishment of patent barriers on lithium-sulfur batteries, and has mastered the pricing power of lithium-sulfur battery cathode materials, which is a bad news for the global new energy industry.

For such an ending, although Wang Haifeng feels sorry for the future of domestic new energy companies, there is still some comfort in the depths of his heart.

As for where the comfort comes from...

At least, it’s not Lu Zhou’s kid who’s on the lithium-sulfur battery.

After all, Professor Stanley said that it is also a big cow in the field of lithium batteries. The earliest model of lithium battery was made by this one. Even if he lost to him, there would be no disgrace. The gold on his face can even be said to be defeated.

But if it was lost to the younger generation of Lu Zhou, then it really made Wang Haifeng feel that there was no place for his old face.

After finishing the class, Professor Wang is preparing to go to the experimental building.

At this time, a man in a suit, with an assistant, greeted him.

Looking at the strange man and looking at the assistant behind him, Wang Haifeng frowned and asked.

"you are?"

The man in the suit had a friendly smile on his face and reached out to hand the business card on his hand.

"Hello, I am a reporter for the Journal of Science, you can call me Xiao Li."

"Journal of the journal?" Wang Haifeng frowned. "What are you looking for?"

Xiao Li said with respect and respect: "This is the case. I have learned from many places that you are a big bull in the field of battery materials, so I would like to interview you about some aspects of the battery. I don't know if you have time now?"

Originally, Wang Haifeng did not intend to be interviewed, but when he heard the word "Da Niu", he couldn't help but feel a little fluttering, and he said casually.

"I am very busy, I can only give you ten minutes at most. If you have any questions, you can ask directly."

"Okay, Professor Wang." The little Li’s face suddenly showed a bright smile. He used his eyes to signal the assistant behind him to take notes. At the same time, he took out the recorder and opened it. He began to ask questions. "About the time ago published in "jacs" A paper written by Professor Stanley, what do you think?"

Wang Haifeng said with a sigh of relief: "There is no final conclusion in the academic world, but the author of this paper is Professor Stanley. After his academic reputation, the credibility is still quite high."

Xiao Li continued to ask: "Which do you think that this caged carbon molecule has more industrial application prospects than the hcs-1 material previously studied by Professor Lu?"

“hcs-1?” Wang Haifeng laughed and shook his head. “The two are not comparable at all. If the former is a lamp, then the latter is probably equivalent to the tail of a firefly. If you want to say it, two The gap between the people is so big."

Speaking of this, Wang Haifeng wanted to laugh.

So what is the result of the professor who is in his twenties?

Still not being preempted by others.

Xiao Li said: "This metaphor... Is it too exaggerated?"

Wang Haifeng said without hesitation: "It is not an exaggeration. I am talking about some conservative. You are a layman. You may not know much about the material science industry. In fact, our field will be used every once in a while. Excellent research results were born, but even less than 10% of these research results have industrial application prospects. The hcs-1 material is a phased achievement and is a good result from an academic point of view. For the industry, this technology is simply worthless. Do you think anyone is interested in his patent? Not at all."

Xiao Li seemed to understand and nodded. He continued to ask: "How do you know that the caged carbon molecule obtained by Professor Stanley's research team must have industrial application prospects? Is it through the data in the paper?"

"The focus is not on the paper, but on the attitude of ExxonMobil. The international energy giant, but the rabbit who does not see the eagle, can arouse their interest. This technology is obviously not a fake." The expression of the person coming over, Wang Haifeng continued with a feeling of emotion, "had to say that this hollow carbon ball is a very good direction, not only the research team of Professor Lu is studying, many domestic research teams are also doing this direction, this Of course, it also includes myself."

"I think that Professor Lu’s high-profile remarks about optimistic hollow carbon **** is not a suitable choice. Even if you are really optimistic, don’t know if you want to do it yourself? Maybe people have not thought about this direction. When you say this, others think it makes sense. If you say it, you can do it according to your ideas."

"But I can understand that after all, it is a young man, and he is young and full of energy. When he is a big one or twenty, he may learn what is steady."

When he said this, Professor Wang looked like a pity.

As if the reason for this defeat, half of the pot is because of the "pig teammate" Lu Zhou, the words are too clear.

However, in fact, what he said is a bit worried.

Before that seminar, there were not many teams that chose hollow carbon **** as their research direction. Whether they are domestic or foreign, they are far from hot.

Including Wang Haifeng himself, although he had been doing carbon-sulfur composite materials long ago, at first he designed the experimental ideas, and he did not take the hollow carbon ball at all.

What's more, the content of the seminar was announced, and there was no relationship with Lu Zhou. It was decided above.

However, this mouth is growing on him. If you want to say it, naturally he is also his own.

Xiao Li’s eyes brightened and he smelled the news from Wang Haifeng’s tone. He immediately asked: “What is your evaluation of Professor Lu?”

Wang Haifeng smiled and smiled. He looked like a world-class man. He said: "It is a scientific research talent. If you go to any research institute, you can make a lot of achievements, but it lacks the overall situation and is embarrassing."

Xiao Li: "Why do you say that?"

Professor Wang laughed and said: "Look at the Jinling Institute of Computational Materials. This is a nearly 100 million dollar fund that has been broken in. Is there a splash?"

Although this is a bit sour, he did not feel embarrassed when he spoke.

After all, the limited application prospect of hcs-1 is not that he is open-minded, but everyone is aware of it...

In front of the reporter, a ** was installed. Wang Haifeng’s mood at the moment was like eating a popsicle in the sky, only feeling uncomfortable.

He returned to the lab with a little song, and he staggered and sat in the office chair.

At this time, his newly hired assistant, holding a journal that he just sent, went straight to him after entering the laboratory.

"Professor, this is the new "Science". You told me before, I will send it to you at the first time I receive this journal. Then I will put it here first."

"Well, let's put it here," Suddenly, Wang Haifeng noticed that the expression on the assistant's face was a little bit wrong, and he could not help but frown. "What happened to you?"

"No, nothing," put the journal in his hand on the table. The assistant smiled and said nothing. After the journal was sent over, he hurriedly left.

Sniffing out an unusual smell from the sound, Wang Haifeng frowned, but did not say, just reached out and picked up the brand new "Science."

However, just as he was preparing to open the cover and intend to look at the content section, his hand suddenly stopped.

It wasn't just the movements on the hand that stopped, along with his line of sight, or even the breathing, but also like the petrification, solidified there.

I saw that on the cover of this issue of Science, the section "highlights" was set up, and a line of text was listed.

That is Wang Haifeng, and I don’t want to see it anyway.

[hcs-2 material: the terminator of the shuttle effect]