Pitch-based carbon materials are deemed promising anodes in electrochemical energy
storage due to their cost-effectiveness, excellent electrical conductivity, and considerable …

Needle coke, commonly used in the production of high-power graphite electrodes for steel
production in electric furnaces, is a scarce product in the refining and by-product coke …

Thermally induced chemical decomposition of organic materials in the absence of oxygen is
defined as pyrolysis. This process has four major application areas:(i) production of carbon …

In this study, ethylene tar (ET) and refined ethylene tar (ETR) were co-carbonized with fluid
catalytic cracking decant oil (DO) to prepare needle coke. The compositions and functional …

Needle coke has attracted much attention as a high-quality raw material for high-power
graphite electrodes and other advanced functional materials. In this study, needle coke was …

In order to optimize the molecular structure and composition distribution of mesophase pitch,
the two-stage thermotreatment process preparation using boron trifluoride ethyl valerate …

A series of petroleum coke species obtained from commercial plants has been studied by
polarized-light microscopy observation (PMO), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and …

Naphthenic-based petroleum pitch was divided into three components, including heptane-
soluble (HS), heptane-insoluble/toluene-soluble (HITS) and toluene-insoluble (TI), by …

Needle coke is mainly used in high-power electrode material for electric arc furnace, the
economy of material cost and the quality of co-carbonized products are widely concerned …

Pitch-derived cokes (PCs) with different optical textures and microstructures were produced
by thermo-polymerization and subsequent heat treatment of a mixture of graphitizable and …