Chapter 669: The country wants to hear your opinion

The lithium dendrite group is burying their heads in hard work, planning to report various plans within a week. The shuttle effect group is not willing to fall behind, screening from three fields—physical confinement type, chemical adsorption type, and catalytic conversion type—using BET, XPS, EPR, etc., to quickly lock in candidate materials with high porosity, high nitrogen doping content, and high metal dispersion.

Now, the entire institute has become lively, shrouding the usually quiet institute in a "smell of gunpowder."

Regarding this, Xu Qingzhou is happy to see it happen.

Only with pressure will there be motivation; reasonable competition can stimulate everyone's creativity.

Of course, it is also because the institute has money and can afford to let everyone spend it; the production activities of nearly a hundred people have terrifying expenses.

Fortunately, with the sale of various patents for superconducting films and batteries, funds are also continuously arriving.

The experiments are in full swing. Just on April 26th, a person who surprised Xu Qingzhou came to the office.

"This is Han Qifeng, the director of the National Energy Administration, Director Han."

"Director Han, hello." Xu Qingzhou greeted him; he had also just come out of the lab.

"Professor Xu, I have long heard that Professor Xu is young and promising, having already made many achievements at such a young age. Seeing you today, it is indeed well-deserved."

The old man with some white hair at his temples smiled and said.

Although the other party was very kind, Xu Qingzhou still felt a sense of dignity that comes from being in a high position.

"You are too kind."

"Professor Xu, Director Han Qifeng, I have some work to handle here, so you two go ahead and get busy."

After bringing the person over, Ji Yunshi didn't stay and left under the pretext of having things to do.

Only two people were left in the office.

Xu Qingzhou invited Han Qifeng to sit down.

"A rash visit, did I disturb Professor Xu's work?" Han Qifeng asked with a chuckle.

Xu Qingzhou poured tea for the other party while saying: "What are you saying? The institute's establishment and work are going so smoothly, which cannot be separated from the support of you and the Energy Department."

Although it was just pleasantries, Xu Qingzhou's words were not wrong. The Energy Department gave the nod for the institute to be set up. Not to mention the site and buildings, the country invested 200 million in experimental funds, and a considerable portion of the funds also went through the channels of the Energy Department.

The two exchanged a few pleasantries.

"The reason I didn't come through official channels this time is mainly because I personally wanted to consult Professor Xu on some questions. You are a young expert with vision and knowledge; perhaps you can give us some ideas."

Han Qifeng also began to enter the main topic.

"Please speak, I will tell you everything I know."

Xu Qingzhou said solemnly.

Han Qifeng said in a deep voice: "Currently, the technological struggle in the energy field is intensifying. How does Professor Xu view the current energy landscape, or rather, what do you think is the future development direction of energy?"

"My attitude remains unchanged. From the span of time and space, controllable nuclear fusion remains the ultimate energy for humanity's future."

Xu Qingzhou said unhurriedly: "I have always firmly believed that within 10 years, compared to lithium-ion batteries and solid-state batteries, lithium-sulfur batteries possess a broader future." For example, regarding solid-state batteries, I still favor lithium-sulfur batteries."

"In the past six months, solid-state batteries have achieved world-renowned results, and leading companies have announced that they can produce new energy vehicles that can travel over 1,000 kilometers. Do you still insist on your point of view?"

"Yes."

Han Qifeng continued: "You know, the 13th Five-Year Plan ends this year, and the country is about to start the next five-year plan. Energy will become the top priority. You are an expert in this area, and we want to hear your opinion."

"Currently, according to forecasts, the global market scale for lithium-sulfur batteries is about 50 billion, but the market scale for solid-state batteries in 2021 will reach 250 billion US dollars."

In fact, before 2020, the market scale of lithium-sulfur batteries was even larger than that of solid-state batteries to a certain extent. ===== CHAPTER 670 =====