Chapter 135: New Energy Storage Material
The world was still like a movie that had the fast-forward button pressed, rapidly advancing before Jiang Yang.
After several more hibernations, Jiang Yang received another message.
The preliminary analysis of those Moon samples has been completed, and the final conclusion is that it is highly likely to contain the manufacturing logic of a new material.
It is not some specific new material, but a kind of logic.
Its value is completely incomparable. A material is merely a material, and even if its application range is wide, it is still limited.
But if one masters this logic for developing new materials, it means that the human world may develop an endless stream of new materials, ultimately changing the entire world!
As expected, this news instantly ignited public opinion, with countless people paying attention.
But equally regrettably, the research and development of the new logic and new materials both require a very long time.
People could only endure the torment in waiting.
As for Jiang Yang…
After 5 hibernations and merely 10 days of waiting, a blockbuster news was presented to him.
“Through research on the special crystal crafting process of Reaper Civilization creations, we have developed a material processing technology named ‘leach cold welding’. After evaluation, we believe this technology has great application potential in areas such as high-temperature superconductivity, high-strength alloys, high-performance energy storage materials…”
Phew…
Jiang Yang gently exhaled.
He knew that from these Reaper Civilization creations that couldn’t even be called wreckage, merely residues, the most they could obtain was at best the most superficial fur of the Reaper Civilization.
But this did not diminish its value to human civilization.
Jiang Yang firmly believed that every civilization has stepped forward from backward eras one footprint at a time. Even a powerful civilization like the Reaper Civilization surely had times when its technology was more backward than current humanity?
Being backward is not frightening; what matters is being able to catch up, and even accelerate the catch-up. And this knowledge undoubtedly propelled the speed of technological progress in the human world.
After several more cycles, merely a few days of waiting, another blockbuster news appeared.
Somewhat beyond Jiang Yang’s expectations, the breakthrough this time was not in the much-anticipated high-temperature superconductivity or high-strength lightweight alloys, but in energy storage materials.
“Using the leach cold welding process, scientists have for the first time produced in the laboratory a manganese-based energy storage material with an energy storage density of up to 10KWh/kg, compared to the previous highest of only 0.6KWh/kg, achieving an improvement of about 17 times.
Moreover, this energy storage material has extremely high safety performance; it will not burn even under needle puncture or impact, requires abundant raw materials, has relatively low cost after the process matures, and also shows excellent performance in charge-discharge cycles and high-current charging.
Based on this estimation, in the future, after adopting this model of energy storage battery, the single-charge range of electric vehicles is expected to increase from the current maximum of 1000 kilometers to over 15,000 kilometers.
According to reporter interviews, experts stated that the development of this battery model is progressing smoothly, industrial layout has begun, and it is expected to achieve large-scale commercialization within 5 years…”
Seeing this news, Jiang Yang’s heart was filled with excitement.
Is this merely a battery? Merely just to drive electric vehicles?
No.
The large-scale application of such an energy storage material can, without mincing words, change the operating logic of the human world from the most fundamental level.
In the current era, clean energy such as wind energy and solar energy is developing rapidly and has extremely high potential.
But the most important reason these energies cannot be applied on a large scale is that they are unstable.
Wind is sometimes present and sometimes not, sometimes strong and sometimes weak. For photovoltaics, not to mention the changes between day and night, even a passing dark cloud can greatly affect power generation efficiency.
So, how can such energy be perfectly utilized?
This involves a problem: energy storage.
If there is a device that can store clean electricity during peak periods and release it during trough periods, then unstable clean electricity can achieve stable output, right?
However, limited by energy storage technology, this perfect situation has yet to appear in the human world.
And now, the emergence of this manganese-based energy storage material truly solves this pain point that has plagued the development of the human world.
Perhaps it won’t be long before coal, petroleum, natural gas, and the like can exit the energy industry, existing only as chemical raw materials;
Perhaps it won’t be long before boundless windmills and photovoltaic panels cover the Earth, producing a continuous stream of electricity at extremely low prices to supply the whole world, allowing everyone to enjoy the convenience of greatly abundant electricity;
Perhaps it won’t be long before the battery life of mobile phones, laptops, and the like will exceed one month, and even vehicles like airplanes will use electricity as energy;
The reduction in electricity prices will also compress the costs of various industrial goods to the extreme; perhaps it won’t be long before even people in the most backward regions of Africa can afford various modern appliances without much burden.
The reduction in electricity prices will also lead to lower costs for supercomputer bases, greatly increasing the scale of computing power, and artificial intelligence technology will usher in rapid development…
A small battery may seem unremarkable, but it is enough to become the lever that pries the world into change.
As expected, this news once again ignited public opinion in the network world, with countless people eagerly discussing this news.
“I have a budget of 100,000, should I buy a car now or wait for the new battery?”
“Buy early and enjoy early, buy late and enjoy discount.”
“Don’t listen to the nonsense above, landlord! What discount? Once the new battery comes out, current electric vehicles won’t just be discounted—they’ll become garbage! Worthless garbage!”
“Better to rent than buy, landlord!”
“Exactly, I’m planning to sell my car and wait patiently for the new battery.”
“When will it come out? So anxious.”
Looking at the eager urging voices one after another, a sense of superiority emerged in Jiang Yang’s heart.
“You all slowly wait five years, but I’m different; I only need to wait two months or so.”
After merely less than two months of awake time, products such as vehicles, laptops, and mobile phones equipped with the new battery were launched to the market ahead of schedule, instantly triggering a buying frenzy.
At the same time, research and development of superconducting materials also achieved a breakthrough.
In the laboratory, people produced for the first time a material that maintains a superconducting state at -40 degrees Celsius under normal pressure, taking another big step toward true room-temperature superconductivity.
Based on that tiny bit of residue, under the unified organization of the world government, with thousands of scientific research scholars united as one, under the atmosphere of universal expectation in social public opinion, technological progress in various fields erupted like a geyser.
In a short time, Jiang Yang even felt dazzled.
