Chapter 566： what a formidable opponent

National Institute of Materials Science of Japan.

in the chief's office.

"Yongchuan-kun, sit down."

Yongchuan Shota sat down, facing the man in front of him, his heart was still a little nervous.

Watanabe Zhengnan, the current director of the Institute of Materials Research, is a stable person, and he is also very friendly in dealing with people. Compared with the previous guy, Chihara Hideo, he is a perfect upgrade.

However, Professor Shota Yongchuan would rather work overtime in the laboratory than face Watanabe Zhengnan.

Especially when the other party is squinting and smiling, there is always a feeling of cold air rising from the spine.

"Squinting is not a good person!"

Shota Yongchuan thought to himself.

But there was still a smile on his face, and he said enthusiastically, "Watanabe-kun, you can arrange anything, and I will do my best to cooperate!"

"Actually, it's not a big deal, it's the one I mentioned on the phone just now." Watanabe Zhengnan said with a smile.

The reason why Watanabe Zhengnan turned his face after receiving the call was because the other party mentioned a school name.

Guanghua University!

This school, which was not even in the top 1,000 of the world university rankings, made him shudder when he heard it.

The National Institute of Materials Science of Japan is one of the largest official research institutes in Japan, with a total of 1,500 employees. It has a Biomaterials Center, a Superconducting Materials Center, a Computational Materials Science Center, an International Center for Nanomaterials, and a Strong Magnetic Field Center.

It is a recognized leader in the global scientific community in related fields such as superconducting and organic materials, functional ceramics (such as superplastic ceramics), and optoelectronic applications (such as deep ultraviolet lasers and light-emitting diodes).

Shota Yongchuan, who is the head of a world-renowned scientific research institution in the field of materials, thinks of something that happened a few months ago, with a little panic in his eyes.

"If Guanghua University wants to involve lithium-air battery technology, I..."

Yongchuan Shota's hesitant appearance made Watanabe Zhengnan unhappy, but he still had a smile on his face, and asked warmly: "Yongchuan-kun, don't be nervous, you are the first person in our NIMS lithium battery, and also the empire's battery field. Authoritative expert. I called you here to sit down and talk about the impact of this matter on our NIMS."

"Jun Yongchuan thinks that if Guanghua University really wants to enter the field of lithium-air batteries, what is the success rate?"

When I took over the information, it was just a thin two-page piece of paper, which was the list of all personnel in the Lithium-Air Battery Technology Laboratory of Guanghua University.

Including name, age, graduate school, last work unit and position, and published SCI articles.

It is said to be two pages, but in fact, half of the first page is occupied by a person's name.

【Name: Kenan Bunir】

【Age: 56】

[Graduate institution: Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley]

[Resume: Associate Professor of Northwestern University, Professor of Pennsylvania State University, College Park]

【article:……】

The article box that takes up the most space is just a list of articles from top journals.

However, Shota Yongchuan swept through the article. As a scholar in the same field, he is no stranger to Professor Bunier, and the two even communicated at some international academic conferences.

A plastic friend.

When he saw that the head of the laboratory at Guanghua University was Professor Bunier, Shota Yongchuan's eyelids jumped. Fortunately, as he browsed further, the resumes of others were much worse.

The one who can fight the most is Professor Bunir, and there are three other researchers who are not bad. As for the others... sorry, I don't even have the qualifications to enter their NIMS.

Watanabe Zhengnan, who has been paying attention to Yongchuan Shota's face, did not ask the newly established laboratory of Guanghua University, but changed the subject.

"Yongchuan-kun, what rank can our NIMS rank among all the research institutes in the field of lithium-air batteries in the Empire?"

Seeing Watanabe Zhengnan's questioning with interest, Yongchuan Shota smiled shyly, "At present, our NIMS can probably be ranked third or fourth."

"So backward? Are the first two the University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, or JAIST?" Although Watanabe Masanami is also a famous scientist, but in the past ten years, he has added something to the wrong place. He has added more points in administration and social interaction than scientific research and academics. .

Seeing that Watanabe Zhengnan was so sloppy, Yongchuan Shota scolded the other party inwardly.

But still give some science.

"At present, the most advanced research in the field of lithium-air batteries at the Imperial is the Zhou Haoshen group (homonym) of the National Institute of Industrial Technology (AIST), followed by the Mizuno Tetsuya group of the University of Tokyo."

"Third... In fact, our NIMS, FDK and NTT companies are on a par in strength, but the center has made progress recently and can completely surpass FDK and NTT companies!" At the end, Professor Yongchuan Shota said with oath.

By the way, I told Watanabe Zhengnan about the other two competitors.

FDK, a subsidiary of Fujitsu, developed an air battery that generates electricity by chemically reacting hydrogen and oxygen. Taking advantage of the structure of nickel-metal hydride batteries used in hybrid vehicles, the positive electrode using nickel is replaced with oxygen, and fine particles mainly composed of ruthenium are added to promote the reaction.

The NTT (Japan Telecom and Telephone Corporation) developed a lithium-air battery for the negative electrode, adding a compound whose main component is manganese, which can play a catalytic role and promote the chemical reactions necessary for charging and discharging.

As for why you know such details, because these are all announced to the outside world, you can know it after a check, and you can also learn about the progress of the other party through the articles published by the other party.

"What's the gap between us and AIST?" Watanabe Zhengnan asked curiously.

The two companies, FDK and NTT, are not interested in Watanabe Zhengnan, and the second Professor Tetsutaka Mizuno from the University of Tokyo is the same, but he is very interested in his old neighbor, AIST.

AIST, Japan's National Institute of Industrial Technology, and their materials institute are also located in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, but the other party is the largest official research institution in Japan, and there are many more researchers than them.

And in Japan's largest official research institution, the Chinese scientist Professor Zhou Haoshen is not only a professor at the University of Tokyo, but also the chief researcher of the Institute of Industrial Technology!

At the same time, he is also a real authoritative scientist in the field of lithium batteries in Japan!

"This..." Yongchuan Xiangtai looked embarrassed, a little difficult to give birth.

Watanabe Zhengnan understood in seconds, and switched to an analogy object.

"How do we compare with the newly established Li-air Battery Technology Laboratory at Guanghua University?"

"Professor Bunier, the head of their laboratory, is a big guy, but others have different levels, and they have just established, and they have no technical accumulation. Normally, our NIMS Advanced Technology Development Center can beat them." Yongchuan Shota analyzed it very objectively.

Watanabe Zhengnan just wanted to nod his head to be happy, but he suddenly noticed a certain word, frowned and looked at Yongchuan Shota.

"Wait, what is normal?"

"Uh With reference to the other party's achievements in photonic screen technology and optical core technology, we cannot use it as a regular reference object." Yongchuan Shota said euphemistically.

"What do you mean?" Watanabe Zhengnan was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding.

"It means... although the other party has just been established and seems to be a lot behind us, it is very likely that it will overtake it at a certain time."

Taking into account the progress of the other party's research and development on the photonic screen, Professor Yongchuan Shota seriously added:

"Well, it may not take too long. One year... No, half a year is enough."

Watanabe Zhengnan: ? ? ?

What's the meaning?

Are we too naive or the other party is too strong? !

ps: Don't read the next chapter, it's filled with scraps again, it takes too much time to check the information, I'm very sorry.