Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

What the Ark didn't expect was that when he came to the hotel lobby, not only was Professor Lee here, but there were two elderly people he didn't know.

One of them looked familiar but couldn't say his name, and the other one, he didn't know him at all.

With a slight doubt, the Ark looked at Professor Lee Rong-eun.

“Who are you two? ”

Professor Li is actually helpless.

He was going to ask about the patent authorization in two days in contact with the Ark, but he didn't expect to run into Dean Li from the adjoining courtyard who was also attending the MRS meeting, and he was still with the big man.

According to Dean Li, he has been making phone calls from the ark since this morning, but he has no contact with anyone.

Given that Dean Li helped himself a lot, and that the big man next to him was too big, Professor Li had to help.

As for the patent thing, it looks like we'll have to talk about it another time.

“Let me introduce you, this is a leader in our energy-related department, Lu Kaimin...”

“What kind of hand do I come from personally, according to the habit here, just call me Mr. Lu,” he held the hand of the ark enthusiastically, Lu Kaimin did not put up any shelves, smiled softly, "I have heard Professor Lu famous for a long time, always heard that you are young to do something. Today, at first sight, you are younger than the legend. ”

I was surprised by the boss's enthusiasm, but the ark was not a man who had never seen the world before and shook his hand politely.

“Thank you, Mr. Lui. ”

Professor Li continued: "This is our dean, Dean Li Wen. ”

“Hello...”

Standing talked rude.

After a chill, people found a restaurant near the hotel.

The restaurant is not very upscale, but not low in size and serves Boston's local specialties.

On the way, the Ark was told that Dean Li had come to attend the MRS conference.

As for Mr. Lu, an expert from the relevant authorities, he applied for an academic visit in his private name, together with Dean Li.

At dinner, Ark and Professor Li, Dean Li and this Mr. Lu talked a lot about lithium batteries.

Talking about it, the topic quickly came up with patent issues.

Mr. LU: “I heard Professor Lu authorized the anode material to Yumeike? ”

The ark nodded: "Yes, is there a problem? ”

“No problem, just a small suggestion, please don't get me wrong,” Mr. Lu laughed, cleared his voice and said in a serious tone, "Here's the thing, we absolutely support all your legitimate rights and interests regarding the patent licensing of modified PDMS film materials in China. I just hope that when you choose a partner, no matter which business you choose and how you work with it, you don't sell the monopoly to foreign companies. ”

In fact, making such a sudden request is also helpless.

China is the world's largest consumer market for electric vehicles. With the breakthrough in lithium battery technology, it is foreseeable that the domestic lithium power industry will flourish.

The cathodes say that patents for cathode materials such as LiMo2 have long expired, and you can choose to use them as you please.

But the key to lithium battery technology is the lithium anode material, not the anode. If patents on lithium anode materials were held by foreign companies, it would undoubtedly amount to being stuck in upstream water sources for domestic battery companies.

The reason why Mr. Lu Lao named foreign companies was not discriminatory in trade was that the example of compound artemisinite ether had been documented and even used as a classic case of intellectual property rights, and was placed on the official website of the National Intelligence Agency as a warning.

It is obviously a technology developed by itself, and it has to be restrained at its doorstep. This pain is more unacceptable than skill.

Of course, the relevant departments do not want the Ark to authorize low prices or simply waive patent fees for domestic enterprises. After all, the patent law was originally designed to protect innovation, allow social resources to flow into the research and development field, and encourage society to create wealth through intellectual property rights.

However, on that basis, the State wished him to be conscious of the “irreplaceability" of his technology and to refrain from providing international capital with the tools to monopolize the domestic market.

After all, the existence of the WTO and the relevant legal shortcomings in the country have led to considerable resistance to domestic antitrust investigations of international capital, both evidentiary and sentencing, and direct administrative intervention may be hindered from other levels.

This dialogue, conducted in a private capacity, is undoubtedly more euphemistic than interviews conducted by the relevant authorities.

The Ark certainly wouldn't have guessed what Mr. Lu meant, even just now in the lobby of the hotel, he implicitly guessed a little.

“You can rest assured that the cooperation between me and Yumeike does not involve the domestic market. With regard to patent licensing in domestic areas, I will authorize all enterprises intending to enter the production of anode materials at a fair and reasonable price to ensure that domestic battery manufacturers have access to the raw materials produced at a reasonable price. ”

“With Professor Lu, I am relieved.” Lu Kaimin's face showed a reassuring smile and said immediately, "Please rest assured that for a talent like you, the country will not let you lose! ”

“With all due respect, there's nothing to talk about.” The Ark laughed and said in a relaxed tone, "Mr. Lu didn't come to Boston for that, did he? One phone call is enough for this. ”

Lu Kaimin shook his head: “It's not all about this, it's an emergency. Actually, the purpose of my trip was just to visit you and ask for something like you. ”

Ark: “What is it? ”

“In the White Paper on the 13th Five-Year Plan, executives instructed the development of the new energy industry to increase battery capacity to 500Whkg by 2020," Lu Kaimin said seriously. At present, with the breakthrough in lithium-electric technology, there is no difficulty in completing this indicator. But the world is also making progress, and we cannot just be content with that. I would like to ask your expert for advice on the next development strategy. ”

"I'm a mathematician," said Ark Zhou Khan. "I'll point to the river and mountain, I'm afraid it's not appropriate. Ask an engineer in the battery field for anything related to the future development strategy of the country. ”

Lu Kaimin insisted: “I don't agree with that. Academic things speak freely. Who says the opinions of mathematics professors have no reference value? Just like our collider, Mr. Yang's opinions are valued by the state, and Mr. Qiu's opinions by the state. Only by combining the opinions of all and gathering the wisdom of all can a suitable path be found. With regard to the future of lithium batteries, Professor Lu is also expected to teach. ”

That's what I said, but it's totally different...

There is some helplessness in the heart of the Ark.

How can he explain to this old Mr. Lu that Qiu Chengtong, although a mathematician, studied differential geometry, but other people also studied mathematical physics, counting as half a physicist, even if he won a physics award one day, he doesn't find it strange. After all, the old man's Karabi-Qiu currents are one of the basic concepts of modern string theory.

And Ark Himself, although blown into the “industry benchmark” of computational materials by the “old con artists” at the MRS conference, “one of the dads of lithium batteries," in fact, his research does not involve lithium batteries themselves, and most of the computational data is also theoretical.

Ask him what he thinks. Ask the battery builders.

However, if Mr. Lu did not say anything, he offended people.

“… then I'll just say a few words, and you don't take it seriously.” The ark thought about it and went on to say, "In my personal opinion, among the many directions of lithium batteries, lithium-sulfur batteries are a very promising direction, and the theoretical ratio of the Li-S system to energy is 2600 Whkg. Of course, it also has many urgent issues to solve. Such as the most challenging shuttle effect, and the poor electrical conductivity of monosomal sulfur. ”

Lu Kaimin hastily asked, "Where's the lithium air battery? Is it reliable? ”

As soon as the Ark heard that, it understood what he was thinking.

Early layout in the frontier, everyone starts from the same point, so it's also most likely to be super British and beautiful.

After all, in contrast, giants like Sony and Samsung, whether lithium, sodium, magnesium, or the legendary bull-humping silicon electricity, have already laid out their patents in advance.

In this environment, even if you develop it, you may not be able to get rid of other people's patent barriers. Choosing a focused R&D direction is naturally more appropriate than choosing a promising direction.

Even so, however, leapfrogging research is absolutely undesirable.

Especially Lithium Sky...

The ark shook its head: “It is very difficult, very difficult... that thing has been made clear, at this stage, it is obvious that it is used to defraud funds. ”

It has to be admitted that the energy density of lithium emptiness is really tempting, and it's easier to build your own core technology than others have been studying lithium-sulfur batteries for years.

Not to mention a commercial giant like IBM, even Obama Chindin's former energy minister and Nobel Prize winner for physics, Comrade Zhu Zhuwen, was almost overlooked when formulating an energy development strategy.

Lithium-air batteries face more serious problems in the face of seductive prospects.

It's not just about lithium branches, it's about separation from pure oxygen to a series of complex side reactions, and any one of these technologies is solved, and it's not just the battery industry that's changing.

Modern technology is not unprepared to answer this question, but simply doesn't know where to start.

In fact, it is clear to the mind that someone will put their thesis and name in PPT, with the concept of a lithium empty battery to defraud scientific research funds.

Though scientists can't be deceived about things, he hopes that China's technology trees will take fewer turns and spend money on projects that really need money.

Even these projects may lack that much imagination.