The invention discloses a preparation method of
mesophase pitch regulated and controlled by
plasma-assisted directional bromination and catalytic debromination, and belongs to the technical field of high-value utilization of heavy oil and preparation of advanced carbon materials. The method comprises the following steps: (1) by taking
aromatic hydrocarbon-rich heavy oil as a
raw material, carrying out low-temperature
plasma-assisted liquid-phase bromination reaction, and directionally introducing
bromine atoms on an aromatic ring as activation and orientation sites, so as to construct bromination modified linear precursor
asphalt; (2) carrying out supported
metal hydride catalytic debromination-directional
polycondensation reaction to synchronously realize
total removal of
bromine atoms,
linear coupling between aromatic rings and improvement of molecular planarity, so as to prepare pre-
mesophase pitch; and (3) carrying out heat treatment in a strong and uniform
magnetic field, and enabling the
liquid crystal state molecules to be highly and orderly arranged along the direction of the
magnetic field by virtue of the orientation effect of the
magnetic field on the pi
electron cloud, so as to finally form the spinnable
mesophase pitch with a wide-area streamline structure. The method realizes full-chain accurate regulation and control from molecular structure design to macroscopic orientation, and the prepared mesophase pitch has the characteristics of high anisotropic content (greater than 98%), moderate
softening point (260-300 DEG C), highly ordered molecular arrangement and low
quinoline insoluble content (less than 0.1%). The process is novel, and a brand new path is provided for preparing the high-performance mesophase pitch.