A review of the catalytic preparation of mesophase pitch

Z Ma, T Yang, Y Song, W Chen, C Duan, H Song… - New Carbon …, 2024 - Elsevier
Because of its high purity and excellent orientation, mesophase pitch is a superior precursor
for high-performance carbon materials. However, the preparation of top-notch mesophase …

Influence of boron trifluoride complex addition on structure and composition of mesophase pitch from FCC decant oil via two-stage thermotreatment

J Li, B Lou, L Chai, Y Fu, R Yu, X Gong, D Liu - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
In order to optimize the molecular structure and composition distribution of mesophase pitch,
the two-stage thermotreatment process preparation using boron trifluoride ethyl valerate …

Prospects and Challenges of Carbon Fiber Production from Heavy Petroleum Fractions

MM Amin, LS Mohamed, MM Hossain… - Industrial & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Engineering, automotive, and aviation sectors increasingly seek carbon fiber due to its
exceptional strength and lightweight properties. Although polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-based …

Accumulation, Characterization and Reactivity of Chiral Ammonium‐Carboxonium Dications in Superacid

E Berrino, T Cantin, M Artault, S Beck… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The accumulation of chiral ammonium‐oxocarbenium dications in superacid is evidenced
by low‐temperature NMR spectroscopy, X‐ray diffraction analysis and confirmed by DFT …

The effect of boron trifluoride complex on the preparation of mesophase pitch from FCC decant oil fractions with different compositions and molecular structures

J Li, B Lou, L Chai, J Zhang, Y Fu, K Chen… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The boron trifluoride complex catalyst can effectively facilitate the development of
anisotropic structures in FCC decant oil (FCC-DO) through cationic polymerization reaction …

Mechanistic studies of HF/BF3-catalyzed anthracene polymerization to prepare mesophase pitch

X Fan, Q Ren, H Shen, C Wang, Q Ni… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Springer
Context The mesophase pitch prepared by acid catalytic method typically had the
advantages of low softening point and high solubility. To fully understand the mechanism of …

One-step preparation of spinnable naphthyl mesophase pitch by using AlCl3 as catalyst

Z Ma, T Yang, Y Song, N Zhao, Z Liu, X Gong, X Tian… - Carbon, 2025 - Elsevier
Mesophase pitch can serve as excellent precursor for high-performance carbon materials.
The catalytic refinement of mesophase pitch and the formation mechanism are of …

Mechanism of coal pitch pre-hydrogenation catalyzed by metal-free catalytic system and preparation of mesophase pitch

X Zhang, Z Ma, R Li, Y He, Z Chen, Z Liu, J Gao… - Fuel, 2025 - Elsevier
Coal pitch (CP) molecules have high aromaticity, planarity and condensation degree,
usually requiring hydrogenation to prepare high-quality mesophase pitch (MP). However …

Effect of isopropyl chloride addition in AlCl3 catalytic system on the formation of coal tar pitch-based mesophases

W Chen, C Duan, Z Yin, M Tabish, Z Ma, X Chen… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mesophase pitch is a high-quality precursor for the synthesis of high-performance pitch-
based carbon fibers. The mesophase content, texture and softening point are the most …

[HTML][HTML] Improvement of the thermal properties of pitch by waste plastic (polyvinyl chloride) addition

YJ Choi, JH Kim, JS Im - Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
To modify the thermal properties of pitch by adding polyvinyl chloride (PVC), co-pyrolysis of
PVC and coal tar pitch was performed. PVC decomposes into HCl and de-HCl PVC …