From a university student to a chief academician

Chapter 186 Major Changes in the Lithium Battery Market
Fuzhou, ND City!
CATL New Energy Technology Co., Ltd.!

Ningde Times is the best power battery company in Xiaguo. In the ranking of global power battery companies, Ningde Times has ranked first in the world for six consecutive years.

Because of the status of the Ningde era in the battery field, it is also called Ning Wang.

On behalf of the field of batteries, Ningde era is king.

The so-called power battery refers to the power source that provides power for tools, and mostly refers to batteries that provide power for electric vehicles, electric trains, electric bicycles, and golf carts.

Office of the Chairman!

The chairman sat on the office chair, and after listening to the assistant's report on the lithium battery separator developed by the Fullerene Research Institute, he said, "Go out!"

"Okay, Chairman!"

The assistant walked out after speaking.

After the assistant went out, the chairman's right index finger and middle finger tapped slowly and rhythmically on the table.

After a while, the chairman said with a smile: "We, Xia Guo, have finally developed a lithium battery separator, and the performance is actually the world's first."

"I also studied it back then, but I didn't succeed for a few years, and then I gave up."

The chairman of Ningde Times is a Ph.D. from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has personally participated in and presided over twelve patent inventions.

The electric vehicle battery, a key breakthrough project in the key areas of Guangdong and Hong Kong that he presided over, won the Guandu Long Award and has been commercialized.

He is a professional in the battery field, and started his business after mastering the technology from a scholar.

The chairman shook his head and said with a smile: "I didn't expect it to be successful now, and I don't know who developed it. I really want to meet him."

After finishing speaking, he picked up the landline phone on the table and said, "Check it out for me. The lithium battery separator developed by the Fullerene Research Institute, a subsidiary of the Kyoto Graphene Research Institute, and see who developed it."

After finishing speaking, he hung up the phone and thought in his heart: "The lithium battery separator has been developed, which means that our country does not have any technical difficulties in the field of lithium batteries."

"All four core material manufacturing technologies are mastered."

"Judging from the cooperation between Enjie shares and the Fullerene Research Institute, the above intends to reduce the price of lithium batteries."

"In recent years, the policies conveyed by the above are all promoting the development of the new energy field."

"Now that the price of lithium batteries has dropped, the field of new energy will develop rapidly."

Lithium batteries have a very special position in all batteries.

Lithium batteries can be combined with many batteries, such as ternary lithium batteries, lithium iron phosphate batteries, and lithium cobalt oxide batteries.

These three batteries are collectively referred to as power lithium batteries.

Among all lithium batteries, ternary lithium batteries are the most durable and are widely used in electric vehicles.

"So, our company should also keep up with the pace. Next, we should purchase a large number of lithium battery separators from Enjie, and vigorously develop power lithium batteries."

"And, the price of the power lithium battery developed will also drop."

"After all, the price of lithium battery separators is only [-] tons. As the cost decreases, the price will naturally decrease."

In fact, in the past few years, among the four core materials of lithium batteries.

In addition to the lithium battery separator, the prices of the other three core materials are kept very low.

However, because most of the lithium battery separators are imported from abroad, the price remains high.

This leads to the high cost of making lithium batteries, and the price of natural lithium batteries is also high.

And now, the above is also lowering the price of lithium battery separators.

Then the cost of manufacturing lithium batteries is lower, and the price of natural lithium batteries is also lower.

The price of lithium batteries is low, and the price of equipment that mainly consumes electricity, such as new energy vehicles and battery cars, will naturally decrease in price.

However, Xiaguo's new energy market has not changed.

The first thing to change is the overseas market.

Xiaguo is the world's largest new energy market and battery market.

Xia Guo's every move affects the changes in the global market.

When the fullerene research institute developed a lithium battery separator, the performance was the first in the world after the news spread.

The stocks of Beili Country and Dongying Country, two countries that earn a lot of money from Xia Country every year through lithium battery separators, fell rapidly on the second day.

Hideson New Energy Company, conference room!

Hideson New Energy Company is the world's No. [-] company in the field of lithium battery separators, and also the No. [-] company in North America.

At this moment, all the directors gathered in the meeting room, watching the display screen showing the increase in their company's stock.

I saw that the stock of my company fell all the way. When the market first opened, it was $53 a share, and it fell to $41 a share in just half a day.

In half a day, the company's market value increased by more than 20 billion US dollars.

You know, the total market value of the company is only 130 billion US dollars.

All the directors watching this, nearly had a heart attack.

After a long time, the CEO turned to face all the directors and said, "Everyone, in times of crisis, we can't let the market value drop like this, and we should find a way to remedy it."

A director said sadly: "But what can we do? Xia Guo developed the lithium battery separator with the highest performance in the world."

"This means that Xiaguo no longer needs our company's lithium battery separator."

"When stockholders see this phenomenon, they will definitely sell their stocks."

"Moreover, our company is facing a big crisis now. Xiaguo is the world's largest market for lithium battery separators."

"Half of our company's orders come from Xia Guo."

"Now that Xiaguo has its own lithium battery separator, our lithium battery separator is no longer needed. Our company's lithium battery separator will cut half of the order."

"I know that." The CEO said: "However, we need to stabilize the company's stock price first, and then consider the order."

The rest of the directors nodded. This is the reason. Things should be done step by step.

Even if the lithium battery separator business loses the Xia country market, it doesn't matter, they still have half of the global orders, and there are other business areas.

But stocks are currently the biggest crisis.

If it is not handled well, the company's market value may fall below $100 billion.

The CEO said: "Now we need to stabilize the confidence of the stockholders so that they don't sell our company's stock."

Another director said: "We can say to the outside world that we also have the world's first performance lithium battery separator."

"You can fabricate a data and throw it out, so that shareholders will think that the performance of the lithium battery separator developed by Xiaguo Fullerene Research Institute is not the first in the world, and Xiaguo still needs our lithium battery separator."

"At the same time, we announced that the price of lithium battery separators will be reduced to RMB 5 per ton."

"Of course, this method can only stabilize the shareholders and prevent the company's stock from falling too badly."

"After all, Xia Guo really doesn't need our lithium battery separator now."

The CEO nodded and said, "Okay, let's do that."

"What we want is to stabilize the shareholders and stabilize the company's market value."

An hour later, Hideson New Energy released the data of a lithium battery separator, which was better than the performance of the lithium battery separator developed by the Fullerene Research Institute.

Coincidentally, Panasonic's new energy company in Dongying Country also made the same decision as Hideson New Energy Company.

This made many stockholders dumbfounded, why, you are singing a double reed, one singing and one harmony.

But the effect is really good. After seeing the news from these two companies, many investors stopped selling their stocks.

The international market is over, and next is the Xiaguo market.

After Enjie announced that it had obtained the lithium battery separator developed by the Fullerene Research Institute.

On the second day, Enjie shares rose rapidly.

From $43 to $56, the market value increased by $20 billion in one day.

From just breaking through 30 billion US dollars in market value, it rose to 50 billion US dollars.

This made the directors of Enjie shares go crazy with excitement.

They were very fortunate. Fortunately, the chairman at that time won the lithium battery separator technology from the Fullerene Research Institute.

Otherwise, they wouldn't be earning so much now.

Xu Li's office!
The assistant came in and reported: "The chairman, Heidesen Company and Panasonic New Energy Company, said to the outside world that their lithium battery separator performance is better than ours, and they have lowered the price to 5 yuan per ton."

Xu Li shook his head and said with a sneer: "They are just dying. If there is a better lithium battery separator, there will definitely be rumors."

"But I've never heard of them having such a good lithium battery separator in the past."

Xu Li naturally didn't believe what the two companies said to the outside world, and he was also in the lithium battery field.

I know a lot about the big and small news of lithium battery companies in the world.

Heidesen and Panasonic New Energy, the two companies, one is the first lithium battery separator company in North America, and the other is the first lithium battery separator company in Dongying country.

At the same time, they are also the top two companies in the world in the field of lithium battery separators.

Xu Li is focusing on these two companies.

If they have good lithium battery separators, Xu Li believes he can catch some news.

However, he had never heard of good lithium battery separators from these two companies in the past.

Therefore, Xu Li was sure that the words released by the two companies were false.

"Chairman, many lithium battery companies have signed orders for lithium battery separators with our company. Since the company announced yesterday that it has obtained lithium battery separators from the Fullerene Research Institute, [-] companies have signed orders with our company. gone."

"Yeah!" Xu Li nodded and said, "Is there a signature in the Ningde era?"

CATL is the world's number one lithium battery company.

Signing an order with Ningde Times will be the largest order among all lithium battery companies.

"Not yet!" The assistant shook his head.

Xu Li frowned slightly, wondering in his heart: "No, with our company's current lithium battery diaphragm technology and the price, Ningde Times shouldn't sign an order with our company!"

"Can he still find foreign companies?"

"The price of lithium battery separators from foreign companies is much higher than ours!"

"Buying lithium battery separators from foreign companies will increase the cost!"

"Wait a minute, it's not that people from the Ningde era are not coming, but they haven't come yet."

After finishing speaking, Xu Li looked at the assistant and said, "Alright, let's go out!"

The assistant walked out upon hearing this.

But after a while, the assistant came in again and said with a smile: "Chairman, the Ningde era is here."

Xu Li regained his energy, stood up and walked out, saying: "Come on, let me go and have a look."

A week later, Ningde Times announced that the price of lithium batteries dropped from 20 per ton to 15 per ton.

At the same time, Ningde Times announced to increase the research and development and production of power batteries.

After the Ningde era announced the price reduction, all lithium battery companies in Xiaguo reduced the price of lithium batteries.

Half a month later!
All new energy vehicle companies and battery car companies in Xiaguo will reduce the prices of new energy vehicles and battery cars.

Just like the butterfly effect, because Ye Fei discovered C72 fullerene and developed a lithium battery separator.

And because of the lithium battery diaphragm, Xia Guo has mastered the four core material manufacturing technologies in the lithium battery field.

First, the price of lithium battery separators in Xiaguo dropped, which led to a decline in the global price of lithium battery separators.

After that, the price of all lithium batteries in Xiaguo was reduced, and finally, the price of new energy vehicles and battery vehicles was reduced.

North America National Institute of Nanotechnology!

Director's office!

Gore walked around anxiously in the office, and shouted angrily: "The lithium battery separator must be developed by Ye Fei and the others based on C72 fullerene, it must be."

"Harry, what about the C72 fullerene I asked you to get, did you get it?"

"You can't get C72 fullerene, and I can't make C72 fullerene."

"Look at the current situation. How long has it been since C72 fullerene has developed the world's best lithium battery separator."

"If you wait for a while, you don't know what will be developed!"

Harry frowned and asked doubtfully, "Can fullerenes be used to develop lithium battery separators?"

"Aren't fullerenes unable to pass electrolyte electrons?"

"Could it not be developed by C72 fullerene, but something else."

"Impossible!" Gore shook his head and said, "I'll tell you with my male intuition, this is definitely developed by C72 fullerene."

Harry said: "Well, even if it is because of the lithium battery separator developed by C72 fullerene, how is it done?"

"You have to know that although fullerene can't conduct electricity, it can't let electrolyte electrons pass through either."

"How do I know." Gore sat on the chair opposite Gore, and said irritably, "I have never been in contact with C72 fullerene, maybe it is very special, allowing electrolyte electrons to pass through."

"Okay!" Harry said helplessly.

Gold said: "I still say the same thing, Harry, you need to get C72 fullerene as soon as possible, and you can use some conventional means."

"What conventional means?" Harry looked at Gold in surprise and said, "Could it be kidnapping, I sent someone to Beili country to kidnap Ye Fei?"

"It's impossible." Harry shook his head and said, "No one can do it. A talent like Ye Fei is watched by people from the Xia Kingdom 24 hours a day. Anyone with a different heart has not yet contacted him. , could have been killed."

"Stupid!" Goer slapped the table and said angrily, "Who told you to send someone to arrest Ye Fei? Isn't the Fullerene Research Institute renting lithium battery diaphragm technology to Xia Guo's Enjie shares?" !"

"Then the manufacture of lithium battery separators must require C72 fullerene. You can steal some C72 fullerene from this company!"

"That's right!" Harry's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile, "You can steal C72 fullerene from Enjie shares!"

Gold said: "Just a little bit, if you get me ten catties, I can know how C72 fullerene is made."

"At that time, we will also be able to develop many products through C72 fullerene."

"Only in this way can our country continue to win in technology."

Harry smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely get it for you this time."

But Harry never imagined that before leaving the Fullerene Research Institute, C72 fullerene was made into C72 fullerene molecules, and some mixed elements were added to it.

Even if Harry obtained the materials for making lithium battery separators from Enjie, he would not be able to develop C72 fullerene.

This is like a pill, it is very difficult to analyze the ingredients in it.

Of course, it is very simple to analyze the composition of pills with modern technology. I am just making an analogy.

Kyoto, Fullerene Research Institute!

Ye Fei sat in front of the table, looked through the eyepiece, and used an electron microscope to observe the fusion of C72 fullerene bioreceptors and non-fullerene small molecule receptors.

Ye Fei found through experiments that C72 fullerenes and non-fullerenes cannot fuse.

Later, I thought of using C72 fullerene molecules when studying lithium battery separators.

However, it was found that C72 fullerene molecules cannot fuse with non-fullerene molecules.

Then, he tried to fuse the fullerene derivative receptor with the non-fullerene derivative receptor, but it was still unsuccessful.

Ye Fei tried dozens of methods.

One day, when Ye Fei was visiting the garden, he saw bees collecting honey.

This made Ye Fei think of using C72 fullerene bioreceptors to fuse with non-fullerene small molecules.

After a while, Ye Fei saw the slow fusion of C72 fullerene bioreceptors and non-fullerene small molecules.

A smile appeared on the corner of Ye Fei's mouth: "Great, it will finally come to fruition."

After a long time, Ye Fei stopped working, raised his hand to look at his watch, and said, "It's already seven o'clock in the evening, and it's time for dinner."

This watch was given to Ye Fei by Professor Gao.

Professor Gao saw that Ye Fei didn't have a watch, so he gave Ye Fei a watch from home.

In the words of Professor Gao: "How can researchers have no watches!"

"General researchers turn off their mobile phones when they are working. It is very convenient to have a watch to check the time."

This watch was given to Professor Gao by someone else, and it is worth more than 50 yuan.

Professor Gao himself has a watch, which he has never used, so he gave it to Ye Fei.

Ye Fei didn't refuse either. As Professor Gao, more than 50 yuan was a drop in the bucket for Professor Gao.

For Ye Fei's current status, it's like someone gave him a small snack.

After speaking, Ye Fei stood up, packed everything on the table, and walked out of the laboratory.

When Ye Fei walked to the lobby on the first floor of the institute, he was about to leave the institute when Professor Gao called him from behind: "Ye Fei!"

Ye Fei turned to look at Professor Gao who was coming, and said with a smile, "Professor Gao, have you eaten yet?"

"No!" Professor Gao walked to Ye Fei and asked, "You must not have eaten yet, let's go together!"

"it is good!"

After speaking, the two walked out of the institute.

Professor Gao asked: "How about today's research? Last time I heard that you found a way to fuse C72 fullerenes and non-fullerenes."

"Yeah!" Ye Fei nodded and said, "I have indeed found it. Today's research and development, they have begun to merge."

"Really merged?" Professor Gao's eyes widened in surprise: "How did you do it?"

Professor Gao also conducted such research at that time.

It was only at that time that he fused C60 fullerenes and non-fullerenes.

Of course, when studying the fusion of fullerenes and non-fullerenes, using C72 and C60, the difference is not very big.

After Professor Gao's research failed for a long time, he stopped researching.

Ye Feidao: "I fused the C72 fullerene derivative receptor with the fullerene small molecule receptor, and then they fused."

"It's that simple?" Professor Gao said in amazement, "I did this kind of research at the time, and they didn't merge."

"Of course not!" Ye Fei said, "I also added the fused-ring non-fullerene acceptor Y6 in it, which greatly improved the light-absorbing ability of the non-fullerene."

"Increased light absorption efficiency from 10% to 18%."

"Y6 still has this effect?" Professor Gao frowned.

"Of course!" Ye Fei nodded: "Fullerenes are a great treasure, not only C72 fullerenes, C60 fullerenes, Y6 fullerenes, but also their non-fullerenes."

"We probably haven't even worked out their fur."

"I think we should fuse all kinds of fullerenes and non-fullerenes together, and maybe there will be very surprising discoveries."

"Yes!" Professor Gao nodded: "But no one has ever fused two fullerenes together, nor fused a fullerene with a non-fullerene."

Professor Gao looked at Ye Fei and said, "Ye Fei, maybe you are the first person in the world to fuse multiple fullerenes together."

"You are a mathematician, and you have made such great achievements in the field of materials."

"You can make people who work on materials envious and jealous!"

Ye Fei smiled and said: "If you hate it, you can hate it. There is a saying, it is a mediocrity not to be hated by others."

"That's right!" Professor Gao laughed and said, "It's mediocre not to be hated by others. We people, from childhood to adulthood, don't know how many people have hated us!"

After going to the cafeteria for dinner, Ye Fei returned to his residence and began to study mathematics.

Ye Fei conducts fullerene research during the day and mathematics research at night.

Ye Fei sat at the desk, looked at the calculations on the paper, and thought, "Hilbert's 12th problem is to construct the largest Abelian extension of the number field."

"The so-called field expansion is similar to the process of expanding the field of rational numbers to the field of complex numbers..."

"So, field expansion should be linked to group theory..."

After a long time, Ye Fei finished his research and went to bed.

For Hilbert's 12th question, Ye Fei has completed one-tenth of the research.

"Probably the research can be completed in April next year!"

A week later!

in the laboratory!

Ye Fei looked at the electron microscope, the C72 fullerene derivative receptor and the non-fullerene small molecule receptor were completely fused together. "

"Great." Ye Fei said excitedly, "It's finally merged together."

"Then start writing the thesis."

Ye Fei will also write papers in the field of materials science.

So, no need for others to help write.

A week later, Ye Fei posted the paper on Arxiv.

After that, Ye Fei turned off the computer.

However, what Ye Fei didn't know was his thesis.

Let Ye Fei embark on energy research, and finally let Ye Fei discover an energy beyond controllable nuclear fusion.

Make the earth no longer worry about energy issues.

Of course, this is much later.

For the current Ye Fei, he is still a toddler, and many theories are still in the groping stage.

(End of this chapter)