L’influence de paramètres de synthèse et de traitements post-synthèse sur le caractère hydrophobe/hydrophile de silices mésoporeuses organisées (SMO) de type SBA-15 a été étudiée. Ainsi nous avons montré que la durée du mûrissement peut être réduite à la durée nécessaire à la précipitation. La température, l’agitation et la durée de synthèse modulent la morphologie des particules et des agrégats. Le mode de chauffage, la présence d’un sel inorganique et le rapport silice/tensioactif ont un effet sur la structure et la texture du matériau. Concernant les traitements post-synthèse, nous avons considéré l’élimination de l’agent structurant et la fonctionnalisation par greffage. Le taux de silanols diminue suite au vieillissement mais surtout après calcination : cette étape efface les différences en termes de teneur en silanols. C’est la raison pour laquelle une nouvelle méthode d’élimination du tensioactif efficace (dès 300 °C) et rapide (dès 15 min) a été mise en œuvre : la calcination à l’aide d’un four à induction conduit à un matériau avec des propriétés structurales, texturales et une teneur en silanols supérieures à celles d’une SMO de type SBA-15 calcinée par la méthode conventionnelle. La calcination par induction a également été appliquée avec succès sur différents types de SMO telles que la SBA-16 et la MCM-41. Ensuite, l’influence des caractéristiques initiales de la SMO sur la fonctionnalisation par un greffage post-synthèse a été étudiée. Une SMO de type SBA-15 plus hydrophobe a été obtenue avec un greffon possédant une seule fonction condensable. La teneur initiale et probablement l’accessibilité des silanols ont un impact significatif sur le taux de greffage. / The influence of synthesis parameters and post-synthesis treatments on the hydrophobic/hydrophilic character of SBA-15 type ordered mesoporous silicas (OMS) was studied. It was found that the duration of ripening can be reduced to the precipitation time. Temperature, stirring and duration of synthesis steps can modulate the morphology of particles and aggregates. Heating process, presence of an inorganic salt and silica/surfactant ratio are also parameters that affect the structure and texture of the material. Concerning post-synthesis treatments, the elimination of the template and the functionalization by grafting were considered. The rate of silanols decreases during aging but mostly after calcination: this step erases the differences in silanol content. This is why a new method for an effective (at 300 ° C) and fast (for 15 min) removal of the surfactant has been implemented: the calcination using an induction furnace leads to a material with structural, textural properties and silanol content greater than those of a SBA-15 material calcined by the conventional method. The calcination induction has also been successfully applied on different types of OMS such as SBA-16 and MCM-41. Then, the influence of the OMS characteristics on functionalization by post-synthesis grafting was studied. The more hydrophobic SBA-15 material was obtained with a grafting agent possessing a single condensable function. It was also observed that the initial content and the accessibility of silanols probably have a significant impact on the grafting rate.

The effect of microwave radiation on the prepared 0.5Fe/ZSM-5 catalysts as a post-synthesis modification step was studied in the methanol-to-hydrocarbons process using the temperature-programmed surface reaction (TPSR) technique. This was achieved by preparing a series of 0.5Fe/ZSM-5 based catalysts under varying microwave power levels (0–700 W) and over a 10 s period, after iron impregnating the HZSM-5 zeolite (Si/Al = 30 and 80). Physicochemical properties were determined by XRD, SEM, BET, FT-IR, C3H9N-TPSR, and TGA techniques. It was found that microwave radiation induced few changes in the bulk properties of the 0.5Fe/ZSM-5 catalysts, but their surface and catalytic behavior were distinctly changed. Microwave radiation enhanced crystallinity and mesoporous growth, decreased coke and methane formation, decreased the concentration of Brønsted acidic sites, and decreased surface area and micropore volume as the microwave power level was increased from 0 to 700 W. From the TPSR profiles, it was observed that microwave radiation affects the peak intensities of the produced hydrocarbons. Application of microwave radiation shifted the desorption temperatures of the MTH process products over the HZSM-5(30) and HZSM-5(80) based catalysts to lower and higher values respectively. The MeOH-TPSR profiles showed that methanol was converted to DME and subsequently converted to aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons. It is reasonable to suggest that microwave radiation would be an essential post-synthesis modification step to mitigate coke formation and methane formation and increase catalyst activity and selectivity. / Chemical Engineering / M. Tech. (Chemical Engineering)