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Organic redox polymers as electrochemical energy materials

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Renewable lignin and its macromolecule derivatives: an emerging platform toward sustainable electrochemical energy storage

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Green Chem., 2023, 25, 4154
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In situ growth of lignin-based graphene-like films catalyzed by metal substrates

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Green Chem., 2023, 25, 4013
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Green synthesis of sodium pyrithione salt-activated biomass-derived carbon for aqueous zinc-ion capacitors

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Green Chem., 2024, 26, 10196
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Lignin for energy applications – state of the art, life cycle, technoeconomic analysis and future trends

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Heteroatom-doped lignin-derived carbon material: performance and application

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Computational modeling-guided design of deep eutectic solvents for tailoring lignin chemistry during lignocellulose pretreatment

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Organic waste valorisation towards circular and sustainable biocomposites

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Tailoring the hydrophobicity and zincophilicity of poly(ionic liquid) solid–electrolyte interphases for ultra-stable aqueous zinc batteries

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Self-assembly of biomass-based hybrid hydrogel electrode for an additive-free flexible supercapacitor

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Machine learning prediction of physical properties of lignin derived porous carbon via catalytic pyrolysis

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A sustainable anode for Na-ion batteries based on holm oak waste-derived hard carbon and lignin binder

Luca Bottoni, Hamideh Darjazi, Leonardo Sbrascini, Antunes Staffolani, Genny Pastore, Luca Minnetti, Federico Verdicchio, Serena Gabrielli, Andrea Catorci and Francesco Nobili

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Renewable lignocellulose based binders for advanced battery systems

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Multi-stage explosion of lignin: a new horizon for constructing defect-rich carbon towards advanced lithium ion storage

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Optimizing Synthesis Temperature for Lignin-Derived Hard Carbon Anode for High Cycling Capacity in Sodium-Ion Batteries

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Harnessing Biomass for a Sustainable Future: The Role of Starch and Lignin

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Recent Advances of Lignin Functionalization for High-Performance and Advanced Functional Rubber Composites

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Lignin-derived nitrogen doped hierarchical porous carbon spheres for highly efficient dichloromethane adsorption

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Lignin-derived porous carbon for zinc-ion hybrid capacitor

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Natural Lignin: A Sustainable and Cost‐Effective Electrode Material for High‐Temperature Na‐Ion Battery

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Feature Engineering Enhanced Machine Learning Prediction of Pore Properties in Lignin-Derived Nanoporous Carbon for High-Performance Supercapacitor Applications

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Lithiated poly (ether ether ketone) separators with excellent thermal stability and electrolyte wettability for lithium-ion battery

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Synthesis and application of multifunctional lignin-modified cationic waterborne polyurethane in textiles

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Production of carboxymethylated lignin and its potential use in electrochemistry

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Hardwood Kraft lignin-derived carbon microfibers with enhanced electrochemical performance

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Regulating the Porous Structure of Lignin-Derived Carbon Materials for High Adsorption Performance via Dual Nitrogen Source-Assisted Activation

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Lignin‐derived carbon fibers: A green path from biomass to advanced materials

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Solid-State Utilization of Chitin to Construct Flexible Films with Enhanced Biocompatibility and Mechanical Performance

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About Hydrophobicity of Lignin: A Review of Selected Chemical Methods for Lignin Valorisation in Biopolymer Production

Anton Lisý, Aleš Ház, Richard Nadányi, Michal Jablonský and Igor Šurina

Energies, 2022, 15, 6213
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Wet-Spinning Assembly of Flexible, Ultratough, and Conductive Alkali Lignin Functionalized Graphene Oxide Composite Fibers for Fiber-Shaped Supercapacitor

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ACS Appl. Polym. Mater., 2024, 6, 6400
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Advancing Green Batteries: The Role of Lignin‐Derived Carbon in Alkali Metal Ion Energy Storage

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Bi-Activation Engineering of Lignin-Derived Porous Carbon Adsorbent for Highly Efficient Water Purification

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Learning from nature: Biomimicry in secondary batteries

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Lignin‐Based Photothermal Materials: Bridging Sustainability and High‐Efficiency Energy Conversion

Zhiwen Sun, Changyou Shao, Sanwei Hao, Jifei Zhang, Wenfeng Ren, Bing Wang, Lingping Xiao, Hanhui Lei, Terence X. Liu, Zhanhui Yuan and Run‐cang Sun

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Suppressing Dendrite Growth with Eco-Friendly Sodium Lignosulfonate Additive in Quasi-Solid-State Li Metal Battery

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Molecules, 2023, 28, 6905
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LiF-enriched interphase promotes Li+ desolvation and transportation enabling high-performance carbon anode under wide-range temperature

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Engineering a hierarchical reduced graphene oxide and lignosulfonate derived carbon framework supported tin dioxide nanocomposite for lithium-ion storage

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Ultrastructural elucidation of lignin macromolecule from different growth stages of Chinese pine

Qian Sun, Si Hong, Ming-Zhao Xiao, Han-Yin Li, Shao-Ni Sun, Zhuohua Sun and Tong-Qi Yuan

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Performance‐enhanced eco‐friendly triboelectric nanogenerator via wettability manipulation of lignin

Hongseok Jo, Dogun Park, Minkyeong Joo, Daekyu Choi, Jisong Kang, Jeong‐Myeong Ha, Ki Hyun Kim, Kwang Ho Kim and Seongpil An

EcoMat, 2023, 5
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Cutting-edge innovations in lignin-based nanoparticles: A review of synthesis techniques, characterization, and diverse applications

Aisha Saleem, Lu Wu, Haiqing Shi, Muhammad Wasim, Lingzhi Huang, Wenchao Jia, Ali Arbab and Hira Tazeen

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2025, 307, 142123
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Lignin derived hard carbon for sodium ion batteries: Recent advances and future perspectives

Ao Wang, Gaoyue Zhang, Meng Li, Yuntong Sun, Yawen Tang, Kang Sun, Jong-Min Lee, Gengtao Fu and Jianchun Jiang

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Construction of CeO2/attapulgite/lignin composites for UV shielding application: Mimicking the block mechanism of plant leaf

Haixia Liu, Chunyan Zhang, Leyan Wei, Chao Yao and Xiazhang Li

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Kraft and organosolv lignin-activated carbon composites for supercapacitor electrode materials

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One-pot molten strategy to synthesize tough bio-derived lignin-based photothermal elastomers for photoelectric driven and programmable shape memory

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Wood-based materials for high-energy-density lithium metal batteries

Feiyan Fu, Xuan Jiao, Yuanyuan Yang, Xianze Yin and Zi-Jian Zheng

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Construction and electrocatalytic performance of lignin-based Ag/FC catalysts

Yue Zhou, Shuhao Cheng, Sai Lin, Hailong Du, Juan Meng and Hengfei Qin

International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 2024, 19, 100455
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Compounding CoSX onto lignin hard carbon realized multi-voltage plateau sodium storage

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Synthesis and characterization of hierarchically porous carbon anodes from furfural biorefinery residues for sustainable lithium-ion batteries

Jaber Hosseinzadeh, Saeed Mahdavi, Alireza Ashori and Andrey Spitsyn

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Wood-derived density-adjustable hierarchical porous carbon frameworks for high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries

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Research progress of lignin-derived materials in lithium/sodium ion batteries

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Lignin‐derived carbon materials for catalysis and electrochemical energy storage

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Optimization of Non‐Pyrolyzed Lignin Electrodes for Sustainable Batteries

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Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2023, 7
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Solar irradiated construction of coordinatively unsaturated Znx+ (0

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Lignin-Furanic Rigid Foams: Enhanced Methylene Blue Removal Capacity, Recyclability, and Flame Retardancy

Hugo Duarte, João Brás, El Mokhtar Saoudi Hassani, María José Aliaño-Gonzalez, Solange Magalhães, Luís Alves, Artur J. M. Valente, Alireza Eivazi, Magnus Norgren, Anabela Romano and Bruno Medronho

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Naturally superionic polymer electrolyte of macromolecular lignin for all-solid-state sodium-ion batteries at room temperature

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Development of biomaterial-based membranes for sustainable redox flow batteries

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Towards a Complete Exploitation of Brewers’ Spent Grain from a Circular Economy Perspective

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Biowaste-Derived Enhanced Conductive Carbon Composites as an Ultralow-Cost Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction

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Lignin fractionation-inspired carbon dots to enable trimodule fluorescent sensing of pH, silver ion and cysteine

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Research Progress of Lignin-Derived Functional Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage

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Conversion of Lignin to Nitrogenous Chemicals and Functional Materials

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A versatile lignocellulosic sugar platform for green bio-manufacturing featuring high fermentability and diverse lignin valorization

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Nanosizing strategy to fabricate uniformly dispersed NiO/Ni/lignin porous carbon composites for high lithium storage

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Lignin‐Based Materials for Additive Manufacturing: Chemistry, Processing, Structures, Properties, and Applications

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Nickel-coordinated lignin enabled by nitrogen: A novel approach to high-performance carbon electrodes for supercapacitors

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Intrinsic pre-sodiation of lignin-based ultrafine carbon fibers for sodium-ion battery anode

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Rethinking the Electrode Multiscale Microstructures: A Review on Structuring Strategies toward Battery Manufacturing Genome

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Advanced Energy Materials, 2023, 13
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Determination of the Structures of Lignin Subunits and Nanoparticles in Solution by Small‐Angle Neutron Scattering: Towards Improving Lignin Valorization

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