Orion Crest, Series_1

Chapter 179: Roger Adams Award

　　"It's a pleasure to meet you, Professor Orion." Barnett smiled at Orion and extended his right hand as well, "Your papers published in Nature and Science are impressive, it's just that some of the ideas are just too difficult to understand, I'm afraid that there are quite a few things I still need to ask you for advice."

　　Although never heard of Barnett, ExxonMobil Orion did.

　　Remember, just two months ago, the CEO of Mobil was still Rex Tillerson. But with a real estate mogul in power, the executive, who was named the "World's Most Influential CEO" in 2016, handed in his resignation to become Secretary of State.

　　"Hello," shook hands with the CEO, Orion looked at him with some surprise and asked, "Mr. Barnett is also interested in lithium batteries?"

　　Barnett smiled slightly, "Of course, oil is a valuable chemical raw material, it is too wasteful to burn it. Compared to petrol, we are more willing to let it become a chemical raw material. As a matter of fact, in order to alleviate a series of climate problems such as global warming, we have been committed to investing in the new energy field, and batteries are naturally a crucial part of it."

　　Although ExxonMobil is an oil and gas company, but its involvement in the field is not just oil and gas, on the chemical industry, automotive, new energy and other industries have also been involved.

　　The earliest lithium battery was made by Professor Haley's lab, and the funder was none other than Mobil Chemical.

　　Orion smiled and did not say anything.

　　It was normal for Mobil to be interested in the new energy field, and it would be strange for him if it was not.

　　Looking at Orion with a gleam in his eye, Barnett smiled and continued to ask, "Speaking of which, has there been any progress on the synthesis process of the HCS-1 material?"

　　Orion shook his head, "Not yet."

　　"That's kinda regret," Barnett sighed and said in a rather regretful tone, "That's a very nice material, but its price is just a bit unacceptable."

　　Apparently, Mobil Chemical also followed that same method described by Orion in his paper, using carbon nanotubes in a co-thermal reaction with a fullerene material, screened to get a small amount of HCS-1, and mixed it with monosulfur in a 20% mass fraction ration.

　　Although the number of cycles and efficiency are not considered friendly, its excellent energy density is still coveted.

　　Like quadcopter drones, some underwater equipment, the field of high requirements for endurance performance, lithium-sulfur batteries are still a lot of space!

　　Orion smiled and said, "Really, but in my opinion, it still has major flaws."

　　Barnett shook his head, "No, no, no, you don't understand, not all batteries are so demanding in terms of number of cycles and efficiency, and sometimes we use replaceable disposable batteries in pursuit of energy density."

　　After a moment's pause, Barnett smiled and made an invitation, "If this technical difficulty is solved, it will be of great benefit to the whole world, I wonder if you need some funding?"

　　Orion shook his head, "Unfortunately, I don't need it for my research, perhaps you could consider investing in some more promising labs."

　　"That would be a regret, in my opinion no one has more potential to do this great work than you."

　　This was the second time Barnett had said the word "regret", but although he said so, his expression did not look much regret.

　　Obviously, Mobil invested in the laboratory is also conducting similar research.