[jeepers6]

“Damning” is the wrong word here. “Damning” would be “oh, look, the researchers forgot that the plot showing zero voltage also shows current dropping to zero. They’re clearly measuring a bad contact.”

But the papers don’t show that. There’s no obvious contradiction unless you make some big assumptions.

[singularity2001]

OP works in the field and provides good arguments. You can translate the full blog post.