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ReviewNature materials2024

Lignin deoxygenation for the production of sustainable aviation fuel blendstocks.

Matthew S Webber, Jamison Watson, Jie Zhu, Jun Hee Jang, Mustafa Çağlayan, Joshua S Heyne, Gregg T Beckham, Yuriy Román-Leshkov

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Review in Nature materials, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. Interfacial Ru/RuONature communications · 2026
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  10. ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering · 2026
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  11. Ce-Doped Lignin-Based Nanozyme with Heat-Activated Hydrolase Activity.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  13. Two-Stage Catalytic Conversion of Carbon Dioxide Into Aromatics Via Methane.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025
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  16. Selective Deoxygenation of Biomass Polyols into Diols.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Matthew S Webber *Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4475-6101
Jamison Watson *Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5400-5999
Jie ZhuDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9152-9326
Jun Hee JangRenewable Resources and Enabling Sciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1879-0544
Mustafa ÇağlayanRenewable Resources and Enabling Sciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9359-0841
Joshua S HeyneBioproduct Sciences and Engineering Laboratory, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Washington State University, Richland, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1782-9056
Gregg T BeckhamRenewable Resources and Enabling Sciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA. Gregg.Beckham@nrel.gov.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3480-212X
Yuriy Román-LeshkovDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. yroman@mit.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0025-4233

Funding

DOE | SC | Biological and Environmental Research (BER) ERKP886
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lignin is an abundant source of renewable aromatics that has long been targeted for valorization. Traditionally, the inherent heterogeneity and reactivity of lignin has relegated it to direct combustion, but its higher energy density compared with polysaccharides makes it an ideal candidate for biofuel production. This Review critically assesses lignin's potential as a substrate for sustainable aviation fuel blendstocks. Lignin can generate the necessary cyclic compounds for a fully renewable, sustainable aviation fuel when integrated with current paraffinic blends and can meet the current demand 2.5 times over. Using an energy-centric analysis, we show that lignin conversion technologies have the near-term potential to match the enthalpic yields of existing commercial sustainable aviation fuel production processes. Key factors influencing the viability of technologies for converting lignin to sustainable aviation fuel include lignin structure, delignification extent, depolymerization performance, and the development of stable and tunable deoxygenation catalysts.

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