Chapter 695: Have we become those who waste national resources?

Office.

Ma Erke was silent for a moment, then said in a deep voice: "Mr. Ram, perhaps it is time to contact the Xia Nation."

"No, I believe we can replicate the miracle of superconducting thin films."

Ram shook his head.

At Princeton, in the Maxwell Group's superconducting thin film experiment, Jc has reached 4.8×10^6 A/cm². Although the performance is not yet stable, it can be said to be successful.

This is a victory, breaking the Xia Nation's attempt to form a monopoly on superconducting thin films.

Ma Erke persuaded: "With all due respect, the battery field... is more complex than the superconducting thin film field, and I'm afraid it won't be that easy."

In the preparation of superconducting thin films, the US was originally at an advantage and was surpassed by the Xia Nation—it was nothing more than catching up. But in the battery field, the Xia Nation was already in a leading position.

"No, Ma Erke, you still underestimate the charm of money. Alright, I have another meeting—I have to take this damn report to report to the committee."

Ram stood up. Before leaving, he turned to Ma Erke and said: "Since it cannot be reproduced, instead of continuing to drink coffee here, I think you should go find if there are any research groups worth investing in. As long as lithium dendrites and the shuttle effect can be solved, I think the committee is very willing to pay."

"Fine, I'll go try."

Ma Erke nodded helplessly.

Politicians and scientists look at problems from different angles.

Scientists see politicians as a group of "money bags" who don't understand anything.

And politicians see scientists as a group of "liars" who reach out for money, the kind they have to give to anyway.

Now technology changes every year. By the time the US catches up, who knows what stage the Xia Nation will have developed to.

Lithium dendrites are easy to talk about; Professor Evan's side can produce products that theoretically approach the performance of the Xia Nation's separator. But the most headache-inducing thing is the shuttle effect.

This thing concerns the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries, and before Xu Qingzhou released his results, the general expectation was that lithium-sulfur batteries would need at least 15 to 20 years to achieve commercialization.

Research worldwide is relatively lagging; the Xia Nation is directly leading by an era.

This is also the reason why Europe is unwilling to wade into the muddy water.

At the very least, even if it is the power of the whole country, there is not much hope of catching up with the Xia Nation in this regard at present. Or rather, even if they catch up, the cost will not be cheaper than buying the Xia Nation's patents.

The US suppresses the Xia Nation to consolidate its position as the world leader; their little brothers don't have to.

"Actually, I'm afraid it's really as the allies think... Now, besides choosing cooperation, the US doesn't seem to have any other choice."

Judging from the current progress, even if the US researches with all its might now, it cannot guarantee success within five years.

Without a doubt, in this confrontation, they lost.

The Xia Nation has developed too fast these years.

"Fortunately, besides the battery field, the US's overall technological level is stronger than the Xia Nation's."

Ma Erke thought in his heart.

Xu Qingzhou's main energy is focused on the fusion group's experiments, extracting energy dissipation/micro-crack accumulation from the data to see if an adaptive PID controller can be designed.

Simply put, it can dynamically adjust the parameters of the latent heat of phase transition, control the temperature field, and prevent micro-cracks in superconducting magnets.

After two days of seclusion, he took the completed model to find Ren Nan.

In the office.

"Professor Xu, take a look at this first."

Ren Nan handed the tablet to Xu Qingzhou.

"A report?" ===== CHAPTER 696 =====