Negative Electrode Material Chapter 49

Well deserved

Chapter 49 Well-deserved

The School of Materials Science and Technology of National University nominally has winter and summer vacations, but there are still people in the laboratory as usual, at least Lin Yi is there every day.

The lights in the laboratory building are rarely turned off from seven in the morning to twelve at night.Lin Yi spends his days in the apartment, laboratory, and cafeteria. Sometimes he feels bored, but at the same time he is very practical.

This project has been going on for three and a half years, during which time there have been changes of students, equipment, accidents, and a budget review that almost stopped it.Everyone’s hopes are getting lower and lower. Even though there is Haoyue’s financial resources behind it and an agreement for joint research and development with car companies, the probability of failure of this kind of experiment is too high. The materials often collapse during testing and are completely scrapped after just a few cycles.The students’ emotions have long been blunted.

Lin Yi would also joke in the laboratory: “We are not afraid of failure when doing experiments, but we are afraid of success. If we succeed, we have to do it again. See if it is true.”

In March of that year, postdoc Chen Li discovered during routine testing that the curves of the latest batch of samples were unexpectedly stable.No one believed it, everyone thought the instrument was broken.Repeated it three times, the result is exactly the same.This means that they have actually made a more stable negative electrode structure.

The result was just like Lin Yi said, if the experiment was successful, it would have to be repeated. They repeated the experiment continuously for a month, and the results were always consistent.This means that they have actually made a more stable negative electrode structure.

There was excitement in the laboratory, but Lin Yi still stared at the blue line every time and said to the students: “Don’t worry, do it again.” So over and over again.

The data will not be fully confirmed until the end of May.

They wrote the paper, with Lin Yi as the corresponding author, Chen Li as the first author, and two graduate students as second authors.Everyone thinks that they are lucky to be able to write this “team paper”.

The manuscript was sent out and received a reply three weeks later with very few revisions.At the end of July, the journal sent an acceptance letter.In early August, the paper went online, and the electronic cover of the current issue was accompanied by their data chart—the blue curve stretched smoothly from left to right.

When the postdoctoral fellow saw the paper online, he couldn’t hide his excitement: “They are really efficient!”

Lin Yi leaned over to look at the screen and patted him on the shoulder: “We have been working for four years, it’s time for them to speed up for us!”

National University Propaganda Department is faster.

On the day the paper went online, the school’s official website was changed to Big Picture News:

“The National University Research Team Achieves Breakthrough Progress in the Direction of Solid-State Battery Anode Materials”

They also arranged exclusive interviews, photos, and videos.Lin Yi felt a little uncomfortable facing the camera, but still did as the photographer said.But when I look back, there is no smile on my face.The school actually had other plans.Last year there was an incident about an illegal marriage. The news circulated on the Internet for a few days and public opinion fermented for several months.Now is the opportunity to turn the topic to “scientific research innovation” and “integration of industry, academia, and research.”

“This is a new starting point,” the dean said at the promotional meeting.

Lin Yi did not express an opinion. He knew how these processes worked and the significance of being placed in the spotlight.But when I returned to the laboratory after the meeting, the temperature controller of the instrument was still running, and the cycle test was not stopped.

After the summer vacation, the dean of the college invited Lin Yi to his office.

“Mr. Lin, the school attaches great importance to the results of your project.” The dean sat behind his desk and said with a smile.He was Lin Yi’s associate supervisor when he was studying for a Ph.D. He was in his fifties. He had a smile on his face most of the time, but occasionally he became serious and immediately made people shy away.

Lin Yi nodded in response.

There is a school newspaper spread out on the dean’s desk, with the laboratory photo on it.He raised the newspaper with one hand, looked at it again, and said slowly: “It was a good shot. This time the publicity was huge, but it is well deserved.”

“Well, that’s a bit exaggerated.”

“I would like to nominate you as a candidate for professor.”

Lin Yi was a little surprised and blurted out: “Now?”

“I know you can endure it,” the dean put down the newspaper and said with a smile, “After nominating a professor, it will take two years to pass the review. You take your position first.”

It’s not that Lin Yi doesn’t care about the title of full professor, it’s just that he didn’t expect it to happen so soon.He didn’t know what to say for a moment, so he just said in a low voice: “Thank you for thinking for me.”

The dean nodded with satisfaction and said, “Lin Yi, there are some things that should be yours.”

After that, the dean talked about some post-nomination procedures. Lin Yi remembered it carefully and nodded occasionally.Finally, the dean closed the document and said with a smile: “Just do things as usual. Then… give yourself a sense of ‘worthiness’.”

Lin Yi thanked him and got up to go out.

The corridor is several degrees warmer than the office, a late-summer heat wave that refuses to let up.He walked forward along the bright floor tiles——

Some things that should be yours are yours.

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