Thermal Treatment of Carbon-Based Materials Relevant in the Combustion Field

In the context of searching for alternative sources of carbon materials this work concerns the study of the structure of carbon materials obtained by carbonization at low temperatures (<700 °C) of soot and tar-like material sampled in fuel-rich premixed flames. The structural evolution of flame-formed tar under thermal treatment was investigated by spectroscopic tools and compared to that of naphthalene pitch, a commercial analogue catalytically-produced from organic precursors.