Chapter 68: Announcement!
"Positive electrode material, lithium cobalt oxide gel, negative electrode material carbon crystal. The limited voltage is 3.86V, the charging limit voltage is 4.5V, and the rated capacity is 8500mAh..."
Mo Nv was reporting the battery data, but Chen Mo was carefully observing the battery in his hand.
In three days, after pulping, film coating and assembly, Chen Mo finally succeeded in making the first carbon crystal-based lithium-ion battery according to the battery size of the butterfly eye.
Like all ordinary batteries, carbon crystal-based batteries also include positive, negative and electrolyte parts, but the difference is the material.
Carbon crystals can greatly improve the charge and discharge capacity of lithium ions and the number of times of charging.
This makes the electric capacity of carbon-based lithium-ion batteries better than those of other materials.
Carbon crystals have defects in their atomic structure that make them less rigid, tough and ductile. So it is not as versatile as a super material like graphene. Its only use is as a negative electrode for a battery, intercalating lithium ions.
It is this single use that limits its continued development, so it is a low-level technology.
However, before graphene battery technology is fully mature, carbon crystal-based batteries are a very good product. Because of its electric capacity, it is more than twice the capacity of lithium-ion batteries already on the market.
"Ink girl, the related technology of your carbon crystal synthesis is organized into patent application materials and printed out." Chen Mo put down the battery in his hand and said.
"Okay, Brother Mo."
After a while, the printer connected to the computer in the laboratory rang. After getting the technical patent materials for carbon crystal synthesis, Chen Mo left the laboratory.
Today is the day for mass production experiments, and Zhao Min has long been waiting for him.
Walking to Zhao Min's office, Chen Mo handed her the patent application information in his hand: "This is the patent application information of Carbon Crystal."
"So fast?"
Zhao Min picked up the document and glanced at it. There were a lot of technical terms on it, but she just glanced at it and put it down.
With the new material, Zhao Min is extremely curious about Chen Mo's head. What is inside, and how long does it take from discovering new materials to applying them?
This kind of research cycle is terribly short, and those who don’t know it think it’s Tesla’s reincarnation.
"I was sorting out the data from the beginning of the experiment. Next, I will go to the factory. The battery has come out, and the materials are confirmed to be useful. The next step is the mass production experiment." Chen Mo said.
"What is the capacity of the battery it produces?" Zhao Min asked curiously.
"Are you using a butterfly eye now? The new battery comes out, and according to preliminary calculations, it can last for 35 hours."
Zhao Min sucked in a breath of cold air, his eyes full of surprise.
Now on the market, the average battery life of mobile phones is only ten hours. Chen Mo's figure means that the battery life of mobile phones has more than doubled.
"Come on, go to the factory."
Zhao Min followed Chen Mo out of the office, the two walked out, and Xiaoyu followed Chen Mo with the document. Galloping all the way, a group of people came to the factory in a mighty way.
After Chen Mo said he entered the industry, Zhao Min began to acquire factories. This factory is the closest to the company's office building, so it has also been transformed into a pilot factory for research use.
The equipment that Chen Morang bought has already been installed here, and the raw materials for graphite are also ready.
As soon as they arrived at the factory, the factory manager hurriedly greeted them.
The factory manager is Wan Mingyi, a middle-aged man in his forties. In the past, the factory closed down. The boss took money to go abroad and owed bank loans and employees’ wages. The court auctioned off the factory and equipment, and Zhao Min finally bought them all. The workers are still the workers of the original factory and are very familiar with some production processes.
Wan Mingyi became cautious after seeing Chen Mo and Zhao Min.
Now Army Ant Company, as long as anyone who pays a little attention to the news, knows the name,
Especially the people of Binhai City.
"Where is the production workshop?" Chen Mo asked.
"Here." Wan Mingyi said to you.
"Let a few clever technicians come over and wait for me to tell you the production process and some precautions." Chen Mo said.
"OK."
Wan Mingyi ordered several technicians from the factory workers, followed behind Chen Mo, and entered the production workshop.
Seeing the machines and high-pressure reaction tanks in the workshop, Chen Mo walked over, opened the control system of the equipment, and started setting parameters. For the production of carbon crystals, this data is the most important. If it is wrong, the purity of the carbon crystals will be affected.
"Start feeding now." Chen Mo said, "Two people will operate the reaction tank." Chen Mo shouted to the employees behind.
"Ahua, Daqiang, you two go over." Wan Mingyi said to the two young technicians beside him.
"boss."
After the two walked to Chen Mo's side, they greeted Chen Mo cautiously. This boss who is younger than them makes them have to admire.
"In this position, the task to be done is very simple. It is to be responsible for the switch of the reaction tank. After the raw materials are put in, the reaction tank will be opened. I have set the specific parameters. The temperature indicator light indicates that the pressure is completed, and you will turn on the pressurization button..."
Chen Mo explained all the steps required to two people, and only after making sure that both of them understood, he stopped.
The specific data, Chen Mo did not tell anyone. Data is the key to carbon crystal synthesis. If the data is exposed, then your efforts will be in vain.
"Let me demonstrate the operation once." After the raw materials were put in, Chen Mo turned on the reactor.
The eyes of the people behind are all on the reaction tank. After about fifteen minutes, the high-pressure reaction tank stopped running.
After the reaction tank was opened, a large pile of carbon wafers of different sizes were all poured onto the assembly line. All the machines stopped, and the employees of the factory all turned their attention to the carbon crystal piles in the conveying line.
This dark thing is what they want to produce.
Chen Mo took out a piece of carbon crystal from the assembly line, walked to the instrument, and put it into it. Not long after, seeing the 79% purity shown above, Chen Mo frowned.
3% lower than laboratory purity and below the standard 80.
This is understandable. After all, the instruments and equipment in the laboratory are much more sophisticated than here. Under the same conditions, the purity is slightly lower, which is completely acceptable.
"This batch of materials will be discarded and destroyed, and the raw materials will continue to be put in."
Chen Mo picked up the notebook and wrote down the current parameters. After a little calculation, he walked back to the instrument and started another experiment.
The precision of the equipment is different, which has an impact on the production.
After modifying the data, Chen Mo explained other things to pay attention to while waiting.
"Director Wan, when you start production in the future, you will have people randomly select 20 pieces of each batch of materials for testing. Once there is a piece with a purity lower than 80, just like just now, all the materials in that batch will be discarded."
"Okay." Wan Mingyi nodded.
Two hours later, Chen Mo looked at the 82% displayed on the purity test and sighed. After four data revisions, the purity was finally improved.
"In the future, it will be produced according to this data, and the reaction will be poured there, and it must be well controlled."
"Understood." Wan Mingyi nodded.
The success of the mass production test has brought many people a sigh of relief. After explaining some things clearly, Chen Mocai and everyone rushed back to the company. After explaining that Zhao Min had acquired several factories and prepared for the production of batteries, Chen Mo returned to the office.
"Ink girl."
"Brother Mo, Mo Nv is here." As soon as Chen Mo opened his mouth, Mo Nv said.
"On the company's official website, in my name, the news of the discovery of new material carbon crystals will be announced, and the technical data will not be announced."