Coal tar pitch (CPT) was modified by phenolic resin (PF) in the presence of p-toluene sulfuric (PTS) as catalyst.
The high molecular weight aromatic species in modified CPT is found and also confirmed by the results from FT-IR and TGA analysis.
Carbon yield of modified CTP have improved by 13% and soft point decreased by 25 °C compared with CPT.
The modification contributes to an improvement in the optical textures of resultant matrix precursor materials of C/C composites.