Isikhungo se-R&D

Siholwa umbonisi umbono uDkt. Keke, ithimba eliqhuba iqembu le-Kenergy New Energy, uhambo lwethu lwaqala ezikhungweni ezihlonishwayo: i-Peking University, i-University of Tokyo, i-Tokyo Institute of Technology, ne-Toyota Central Research Institute. Ubuchwepheshe obutshalwe emithonjeni yamandla amakhemikhali, ama-supercapacitor, amabhethri e-lithium-ion, namaseli kaphethiloli. Cishe ngesipiliyoni seminyaka engamashumi amathathu, uDkt. Keke unguchwepheshe osemnkantshubomvu.

Igxathu lethu elibheke phambili kwamandla amasha: I-Lithium Battery Research Institute—umkhathi omkhulu, izinkulungwane zamamitha-skwele. Ukushada nemishini yokucwaninga yebhethri ye-lithium-ion esezingeni eliphezulu enomshayeli wendiza kanye nemigqa yokukhiqiza emaphakathi. Amathuluzi athuthukile angaphezu kwe-100, okuhlanganisa imishini yokuhlakazeka, amagumbi okomisa, amashisela e-laser, abahlaziyi bomswakama be-Coulombic. Ukuvula izindlela ezintsha kanye nokuzinza kokukhiqiza ngobuningi; ukusabela emisebenzini, impendulo yekhasimende.

Ithimba labacwaningi elizinikele liyachuma ku-Research Institute—ngaphezu kwama-40 aqinile. Kubandakanya ochwepheshe abangu-2 baseJapane, aba-PhD abayisi-6, abathweswe iziqu ze-masters abayisi-8. Okuqhutshwa yizinto ezintsha, ukuphishekela ilungelo lobunikazi kuwuphawu lwabo. Izicelo ezingaphezu kuka-30, eziyi-12 zivunyiwe, okufakazela ukuzinikela okungantengantengi kanye nezimpumelelo."