Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42719509›Full record

ArticleGlobal challenges (Hoboken, NJ)2026

Reusable Lignin-Derived Free-Standing Carbon Nanofiber Sulfur Hosts

Kshitij Mahesh Kakad, Qingping Wu, Seyedrashid Mirmasoomi, Sijia Cao, Johannes Schenk, Marius Hermesdorf, Vikram Raghuraman, Liqiang Lu, Martin Oschatz, Yan Lu

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Global challenges (Hoboken, NJ), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

10 authors.

Kshitij Mahesh KakadInstitute of Electrochemical Energy Storage Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH Berlin Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3930-5971
Qingping WuInstitute of Electrochemical Energy Storage Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH Berlin Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0339-8686
Seyedrashid MirmasoomiInstitute for Technical and Environmental Chemistry Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Jena Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8837-3139
Sijia CaoInstitute of Electrochemical Energy Storage Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH Berlin Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2345-262X
Johannes SchenkInstitute for Technical and Environmental Chemistry Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Jena Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8028-0398
Marius HermesdorfInstitute for Technical and Environmental Chemistry Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Jena Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1622-729X
Vikram RaghuramanInstitute of Electrochemical Energy Storage Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH Berlin Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0256-5363
Liqiang LuInstitute of Electrochemical Energy Storage Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH Berlin Germany.
Martin OschatzInstitute for Technical and Environmental Chemistry Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Jena Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2377-1214
Yan LuInstitute of Electrochemical Energy Storage Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH Berlin Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3055-0073

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As an abundant bio-based resource, lignin can be converted to functional carbon materials, thereby providing a sustainable pathway toward free-standing sulfur cathode design. However, rational carbonization engineering remains essential for optimizing sulfur utilization and polysulfide conversion behavior in lithium-sulfur batteries. In this work, lignin valorization and free-standing electrode design are integrated through electrospinning-assisted fabrication of nanofibers, followed by high temperature carbonization to produce flexible and reusable sulfur hosts. The interconnected fibrous architecture facilitates homogeneous sulfur distribution, while promoting polysulfide confinement and electrochemical stability under high sulfur loading and lean electrolyte. At a sulfur loading of 3.3 mg cm

Indexed as

carbonization engineeringelectrode recyclingfree‐standing electrodeskraft ligninlithium–sulfur batteries

Identifiers

PMID42719509
PMCPMC13554718

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.