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The morphology, dimensions and polydispersity of cellulose nanofibers, extracted from wood pulps using the (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-yl)oxyl (TEMPO)-mediated oxidation method, were characterized by the solution small-angle X-ray scattering technique. A simplified ribbon model was derived to fit the scattering profile with high quality and computational efficiency, and the fitting results were consistent with transmission electron microscopy data.