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En Europe, l’utilisation en agriculture de grandes quantités d’engrais chimiques est la principale cause de contamination des eaux. Les concentrations en nitrate dans l’eau deviennent nuisibles pour les personnes lorsqu’elles dépassent certaines limites car elles sont la cause de méthémoglobinémie, de cancers et agissent comme perturbateurs endocriniens. L’hydrogénation catalytique hétérogène des nitrates est la méthode de dénitration la plus connue et la plus efficace due à la grande sélectivité pour les produits non toxiques, azote et eau. La photocatalyse hétérogène a émergé comme une voie très prometteuse de dénitration du fait de la possibilité d’utiliser la lumière solaire ce qui la rend commercialement compétitive et compatible avec la protection de l’environnement. Les procédés catalytiques conduisent fréquemment à l’obtention des sous-produits toxiques nitrite et ion ammonium, ainsi qu’à des oxydes d’azote gazeux NOx. Dans ce travail ont été utilisés des catalyseurs monométalliques supportés (Ag/P25, Pt/P25), leur mélange physique, et des catalyseurs bimétalliques supportés (Ag-Pt/P25 et Pd-Sn/P25). Le support oxyde de titane (TiO2) P25 est choisi pour développer un catalyseur performant pour la dénitration à la fois catalytique et photocatalytique permettant d’atteindre les normes requises par l’UE dans l’eau potable (50 mg/L NO3-, 0.5 mg/L NO2-, 0.3 mg/L NH4+). L’influence des teneurs en métaux (Ag: 0.5 – 4 pds.%; Pt: 2 et 4 pds.%), du précurseur Pt (H2PtCl6 (H)/K2PtCl6 (K)), de l’ordre d’imprégnation de Ag et Pt et de la morphologie des particules bimétalliques Pd-Sn (nanoparticules et nanobâtonnets) ont été étudiés. Les conditions expérimentales (présence/absence de H2 ; λ = 254 ou 365 nm; 4W; 45.4 mW/cm2) ont été également variées et les réactions effectuées dans un réacteur batch en PTFE sous atmosphère inerte et dans des conditions standard (catalyseur : 0.7 mg/L ; 100 mg/L NO3- ; 500 r.p.m). Contrairement à la plupart des études précédentes aucun «piégeur de trous» (expl. acides formique ou oxalique) n’a été utilisé dans nos conditions de réaction, Les analyses ont été effectuées par chromatographie ionique ou photométrie. Les propriétés physico-chimiques des catalyseurs ont été déterminées par DRX, Physisorption de N2, MET, DRUV-Vis, XPS, TPR et chimisorption de H2. Le support TiO2 P25 est inactif dans les deux procèdés non photocatalytique et photocatalyique. Le mélange physique Ag/P25+Pt/P25 conduit à une conversion (~ 56%) et sélectivité en N2 (~ 76%) plus élevées dans les conditions non photocatalytiques que chacun des homologues monométalliques, cependant NO2- and NH4+ sont obtenus. Les catalyseurs bimétalliques Ag-Pt(Pt-Ag)/P25 se montrent polyvalents étant actifs dans les procédés non-photocatalytiques et photocatalytiques. Les meilleurs résultats photocatalytiques ont été obtenus sous irradiation ultraviolette de 365 nm et en présence de H2 dû à la synergie entre les électrons générés par irradiation et l’hydrogène dissocié sut Pt. Le Pt imprégné en premier conduit à une conversion plus élevée en raison de l'amélioration de l'accessibilité de NO3- aux sites actifs Ag0 recouvrant partiellement Pt. Toutefois la sélectivité en NO2- est élevée du fait de la faible accessibilité de Pt. Pt imprégné en second décore les ensembles Ag et diminue de ce fait le nombre de sites actifs et la conversion. Le catalyseur bimétallique Pt(4)-Ag(2)/P25(K) conduit au meilleur compromis entre conversion (ca. 45%) et sélectivité en N2 (ca. 80%) dans les conditions photocatalytiques. Ceci est attribué au transfert électronique élevé entre Ag et Pt en forte interaction mis en évidence par XPS. Néanmoins, NO2- et NH4+ sont aussi obtenus. Des travaux sont encore nécessaires pour améliorer le rendement en N2. / In Europe, the agricultural use of nitrates in chemical fertilizers has been a main source of water contamination. High level of soluble nitrate in water becomes harmful pollutant for people when it exceeds the limit causing methemoglobinemia (blue baby syndrome), cancer or act as endocrine disruptor. Conventional catalytic nitrate reduction processes into N2 and H2O lead to some toxic products (NO2-, NH4+, and NOx gases). Alternatively, photocatalytic nitrate removal using solar irradiation and heterogeneous catalysts is a very promising and ecofriendly route, which has been scarcely performed. In this work monometallic supported catalysts (Ag/P25, Pt/P25), their physical mixture, and bimetallic supported catalysts (Ag-Pt(Pt-Ag)/P25 and Pd-Sn/P25) have been used. The support TiO2 P25 was chosen to develop both efficient non-photocatalytic and photocatalytic processes able to reach the EU legislation in drinking water (50 mg/L NO3-, 0.5 mg/L NO2-, 0.3 mg/L NH4+). Different compositions of catalyst including, various metal loadings (Ag: 0.5 – 4 wt%; Pt: 2 and 4 wt%), Pt precursor (H2PtCl6 (H)/K2PtCl6 (K)), Ag and Pt impregnation order, and morphology of Pd-Sn nanoparticles (spherical and nanorods) have been studied. Different experimental conditions (presence/absence of H2; λ = 254 or 365 nm; 4W; 45.4 mW/cm2) have been also evaluated and the experiments performed in a PTFE batch reactor under inert standard operational conditions (0.7 mg/L catalyst ; 100 mg/L NO3- ; 500 r.p.m). Contrary to most previous studies, any hole scavenger (e.g. formic or oxalic acid) was used in the reaction . Analyses were performed by ionic chromatography or photometry. Physico-chemical characterizations of the catalysts were done by XRD, N2-physisorption, TEM, DRUV-Vis, XPS, TPR and H2-Chemisorption in order to explain both the catalytic and photocatalytic performances.The support TiO2 P25 was inactive in both processes. The physical mixture Ag(2)/P25+Pt(4)/P25(H) showed better conversion (ca. 56 %) and N2 selectivity (ca. 76%) under non-photocatalytic conditions than each monometallic catalyst, however NO2- and NH4+ were obtained. Bimetallic Ag-Pt(Pt-Ag)/P25 catalysts exhibit a versatile behavior being active both in the non-photocatalytic and photocatalytic processes. The best photocatalytic conditions were interestingly obtained under the ultraviolet irradiation of 365 nm and in presence of hydrogen. Photocatalytic activity was enhanced in presence of H2 due to synergetic effect induced by light between photogenerated electrons and dissociation of hydrogen on Pt. Therefore, all bimetallic catalysts based on Ag and Pt were tested under these conditions. Pt impregnated first leads to higher conversion due to improved accessibility of NO3- to active Ag0 sites partially covering Pt than the opposite impregnation order where the Pt decorates Ag and reduces the number of active sites. However, high NO2- selectivity at the expense of N2 is obtained in the former case due to low Pt accessibility. The bimetallic catalyst Pt(4)-Ag(2)/P25(K) led to the most interesting conversion (ca. 45%) with the highest selectivity to N2 (ca. 80%) under photocatalytic conditions. This was assigned to the highest electronic transfer between Ag et Pt particles in close contact revealed by XPS. Nevertheless, NO2- and NH4+ are obtained too. Further studies must be done to enhance the catalytic and photocatalytic activity towards desired N2.

<p>Postojanje ugljeničnih nanocevi (UNC), kao jedne od brojnih alotropskih modifikacija ugljenika, zabeleženo je jo&scaron; pre vi&scaron;e od pola veka. Međutim, do prave eksplozije<br />interesovanja za ovu vrstu nanomaterijala je do&scaron;lo tek 1991. godine kada ih je &quot;ponovo&quot; otkrio japanski naučnik S. Iijima. Od tada, zbog svojih izuzetnih fizičko-hemijskih osobina, UNC počinju da privlače pažnju naučne javnosti i spajaju istraživače iz različitih oblasti sa zajedničkim imeniteljem - nanotehnologija. Otkriće UNC je u znatnoj meri omogućilo razvoj visoke tehnologije u oblastima kao &scaron;to su elektronika, optika, kompozitni materijali, kataliza, za&scaron;tita životne sredine, itd. Danas, primena nanocevi sve vi&scaron;e doprinosi lak&scaron;oj implementaciji principa održivog razvoja u pomenute oblasti. Kataliza je polje od dvostrukog interesa, jer je jedan od načina dobijanja UNC upravo katalitički, a osim toga i same cevi su interesantne kao nosač novog katalizatora.<br />Istraživanje čiji su rezultati prikazani u okviru ove doktorske disertacije je obuhvatilo vi&scaron;e oblasti proučavanja UNC, počev&scaron;i od razvoja metode za njihovu sintezu, preko preči&scaron;ćavanja i funkcionalizacije finalnog proizvoda, pa do primene nanocevi u dva procesa od značaja za oblast za&scaron;tite životne sredine.</p><p>Razvoj katalitičke metode sinteze UNC započet je primenom vertikalnog cevnog kvarcnog reaktora, iz CO i CH4 kao izvora ugljenika, pri čemu su u reakciji testirani<br />monometalni katalizatori na bazi Fe, Co i Ni na Al2O3 kao nosaču (I serija katalizatora). Rezultati ovih preliminarnih eksperimenata su pokazali malu aktivnost I serije monometalnih katalizatora, &scaron;to se može pripisati, kako neadekvatnoj hidrodinamici reaktora i lo&scaron;e odabranim reakcionim parametrima, tako i neodgovarajućoj veličini katalitičkih čestica i načina njihovog pakovanja u vertikalnom<br />reaktoru. Shodno tome, u cilju postizanja boljeg prinosa nanocevi, dalji eksperimenti sinteze izvedeni su u horizontalnom reaktoru u struji C2H4 i u prisustvu II serije<br />monometalnih katalizatora sa Al2O3 i SiO2 kao nosačima, koji se u odnosu na I seriju razlikuju po udelu aktivne faze i veličini čestica katalizatora (pra&scaron;kast oblik). Katalizatori II serije su pokazali zadovoljavajuću aktivnost u reakciji sinteze UNC, a rezultati karakterizacije dobijenih uzoraka nanocevi ukazuju na različit uticaj nosača katalizatora na morfologiju sintetisanih nanocevi. Shodno ostvarenom prinosu ugljenika, a u cilju optimizacije reakcionih parametara, katalizator na bazi Fe sa SiO2 kao nosačem je odabran kao reprezentativan za ispitivanje uticaja vremena trajanja sinteze UNC, kao i zapreminskog udela C2H4 u sme&scaron;i sa azotom, na prinos<br />nanocevi i selektivnost procesa.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Optimizacija reakcionih uslova je u daljoj fazi rada dovela do uvođenja bimetalnih katalizatora sa istim tradicionalnim nosačima &ndash; Al2O3 i SiO2. Najveći prinos ugljenika ostvaren je na katalizatorima sa Fe i Co kao aktivnom fazom, bez obzira na vrstu nosača. UNC sintetisane na pomenutim katalizatorima su karakterisane u cilju<br />ispitivanja uticaja primenjenih nosača na njihove fizičkohemijske osobine, pa je shodno tome i predložen vr&scaron;ni mehanizam njihovog rasta. Rezultati ispitivanja kvaliteta sintetisanih UNC su ukazali da primena SiO2, kao nosača katalizatora, za razliku od Al2O3, favorizuje rast UNC boljeg povr&scaron;inskog i ukupnog kvaliteta. S obzirom na raznolikost mogućnosti primene UNC, istraživanja u tom smeru zahtevaju čiste UNC, pa su shodno tome proizvodi sinteze preči&scaron;ćeni metodom tečne oksidacije. Rezultati fizičko-hemijske karakterizacije preči&scaron;ćenih UNC su ukazali na efikasnost primenjene metode sa aspekta uklanjanja prisutnog katalizatora, ali i na njen različit uticaj na strukturu, odnosno kvalitet preči&scaron;ćenih uzoraka. Kao posledica promena unutar strukture UNC, kao i različitog stepena njihove funkcionalizacije, ukupni kvalitet preči&scaron;ćenih nanocevi je, u zavisnosti od primenjenog nosača katalizatora, promenjen u odnosu na odgovarajuće nepreči&scaron;ćene uzorke.<br />Poslednjih godina se posebna pažnja poklanja nanomaterijalima koji se mogu primeniti za uklanjanje različitih polutanata iz životne sredine, kako u funkciji adsorbenata, tako i u funkciji katalizatora. U okviru ove doktorske disertacije obuhvaćena je primena UNC kao adsorbenta za uklanjanje insekticida tiametoksama iz vode, kao i njihova primena kao nosača katalizatora u reakciji<br />denitracije vode. Rezultati eksperimenata adsorpcije su pokazali da UNC, prethodno tretirane u ccHNO3, predstavljaju dobar adsorbent za uklanjanje insekticida tiametoksama iz vodenog rastvora. Odabir procesnih parametara za proučavanje kinetike adsorpcije, adsorpcione ravnoteže, kao i termodinamike procesa izvr&scaron;en je primenom frakcionog faktorskog dizajna na dva nivoa, 5 1 V 2 , a dobijeni rezultati su ukazali da je pomenuti proces adsorpcije spontan i kontrolisan uglavnom unutra&scaron;njom difuzijom molekula insekticida u mezopore uzorka UNC. Performanse katalizatora sa UNC kao nosačem su testirane u reakciji katalitičke denitracije, pri čemu su dobijeni rezultati pokazali da se novoformirani katalizator karakteri&scaron;e zadovoljavajućom disperzno&scaron;ću sa udelombimetalnih Pd-Cu nanočestica koje omogućavaju 60% konverzije nitratnog jona.</p> / <p style="text-align: justify;">The existance of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), as one of the carbon allotropes, was noted over half century ago. However, the true interest for these nanomaterials appeared at 1991, when they were &quot;redescovered&quot; by Japanese scientist S. Iijima. Since then, due to their unique physico-chemical properties, CNTs begin to attract attention of the scientific community and to gather researchers from different areas within the common field of interest &ndash; nanotechnology. The CNTs discovery substantially enabled the high technology development in the fields such as electronics, optics, composite materials, catalysis, environmental protection, etc. Nowdays, the application of nanotubes is increasingly contributing to easier implementation of sustainable development principles in the above mentioned areas. Catalysis is the field of double interest &ndash; one of the CNTs synthesis method is catalytical, and the nanotubes can also be used as the support of the new catalyst.<br />The research, which results are shown within this PhD Thesis, includes few different CNTs research fields, starting from the synthesis method development, over the purification and functionalization of the final product, to the application of<br />nanotubes in two processes of significance for the field of environmental protection.<br />The development of the CNTs catalytic synthesis method was started by the use of vertical quartz tube reactor, in the flow of CO and CH4 as the carbon source, and in the presence of monometallic catalysts based on Fe, Co and Ni at Al2O3 as the support (the first series of catalysts). The results of these preliminary experiments have shown the low activity of these monometallic catalysts, which can be attributed to the inadequate reactor hydrodynamics and selected reaction parameters, as well as the inadequate size of the catalytic particles and the type of their packing in the vertical reactor. Consequently, in order to achieve the higher nanotubes yield, further synthesis experiments were carried out in a horizontal reactor in the flow of C2H4 as the carbon source, and in the presence of the second series of monometallic catalysts with Al2O3 and SiO2 as the supports. The catalysts of the second series have shown satisfactory activity in the CNTs synthesis reaction, and the results of the obtained samples characterization idicate a different influence of the catalyst support on the synthesized CNTs morphology. In order to optimize the reaction parameters, Fe/SiO2 catalyst was chosen as a representative to examine the effect of the CNTs synthesis duration, as well as the volume percentage of C2H4 in the mixture with nitrogen to the CNTs yield and process selectivity. In a further phase of work, the optimization of thereaction parameters led to the introduction of the bimetallic catalysts with the same traditional supports, Al2O3 and SiO2. The highest carbon yield was achieved over Fe, Co based catalysts, regardless of the type of the catalyst support. CNTs synthesized over the above mentioned catalysts were characterized in order to study the effect of the used supports on their physico-chemical properties, and consequently the CNTs tip growth mechanism was proposed. The results of quality examination of the synthesized CNTs showed that the use of SiO2, as a catalyst support, unlike Al2O3, favors the growth of nanotubes of better surface and overall crystalline quality. In view of the diversity of possible CNTs applications, investigation in that direction requires purified CNTs and accordingly the final CNTs products were purified by liquid oxidation method. The results of physico-chemical characterization of the purified CNTs showed that the applied purification method was effective in terms of removing the present catalyst, but on the other hand it had different influence on the structure and quality of the purified samples. As a consequence of CNTs structural changes, as well as their different degree of functionalization, the overall crystalline quality of the purified nanotubes, originating from different catalyst supports, was changed in comparison to the corresponding unpurified samples. Over the past few years, special attention was focused on<br />nanomaterials that can be applied as adsorbents or catalysts for the removal of various pollutants from the environment. This PhD Thesis considers the use of CNTs, as adsorbent, for the removal of insecticide thiamethoxam from water, as well as their use as catalyst support for water denitration reaction. The results of adsorption experiments have shown that the CNTs, pretreated in ccHNO3, represent a good adsorbent for the removal of thiamethoxam from the aqueous solutions. The<br />selection of the process parameters in order to study the adsorption kinetics and equilibrium, as well as the thermodynamics of the process, was conducted using the<br />fractional factorial design at two levels, 5 1 V 2 . The obtained results showed that the adsorption process is spontaneous and controlled mainly by an internal diffusion of molecules of insecticide in the mesopores of CNTs. The performance of the catalyst with the CNTs as the support were tested in catalytic water denitration reaction, whereby the results showed that the newly formed catalyst is characterized by satisfactory dispersion of Pd-Cu bimetallic nanoparticles which enable the 60% conversion of nitrate ions.</p>