Three-way catalysis (TWC) involves simultaneous removal of the three pollutants (i.e., CO, NOx, and HCs) which led to the branch of auto-exhaust catalysis. CeO2 has become the main component of TWC catalyst because of its oxygen storage storage (OSC) property to supply oxygen under excess fuel condition and store oxygen under lean condition. Substitution of smaller isovalent cations like Ti4+, Zr4+ and Hf4+ ions in CeO2 forming Ce1-xMxO2 (M = Ti, Zr &Hf) solid solution enhance the OSC property. XRD along with EXAFS study showed that cations arrange in FCC lattice but oxygen coordination around metal ions is split into 4 + 4 coordination in Ce1-xMxO2 instead of ideal 8 coordination in CeO2. The longer Ce/Ti/Zr – O bonds are weakly bound and can be easily removed by H2 giving high OSC value than pure CeO2. Among the three OSC systems studied here, Ce0.5Zr0.5O2 showed exceptionally high OSC which lead to formation of a new a pyrochlore, Ce2Zr2O6.3. This compound is nearly metallic. Ce0.85-xTi0.15PtxO2- (x = 0.01 & 0.02) crystallizes in fluorite structure and Pt is ionically substituted with 2+ and 4+ oxidation states. H/Pt atomic ratio at 30 oC over Ce0.84Ti0.15Pt0.01O2- is 5 and over Ce0.99Pt0.01O2-δ is 4 against just 0.078 for 8 nm Pt metal particles. Carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon oxidation activity are much higher over Ce1-x-yTixPtyO2 (x= 0.15, y= 0.01, 0.02) compared to Ce1-xPtxO2 (x= 0.01, 0.02). Synergistic involvement of Pt2+/Pt0 and Ti4+/Ti3+ redox couples in addition to Ce4+/Ce3+ due to the overlap of Pt(5d), Ti(3d), and Ce(4f) bands near EF is shown to be responsible for enhanced redox property and higher catalytic activity. On substitution of Pd ion in Ce1-xTixO2, more lattice oxygen is found to be more labile than Pd in CeO2. The easy removal of oxygen from the more reducible Ti4+ containing support plays a major role in showing higher catalytic activity of this material for CO oxidation, N2O and NO reduction by CO. The catalyst shows 100% N2 selectivity  240 oC in NO+CO reaction. It has been shown that oxide ion vacancy creation created by removal of lattice oxygen by CO is responsible for dissociation of NO or N2O at a lower temperature. Ionicity of Pd2+ ion in different support could be varied by varying the ionicity of the oxide support itself. Rates of CO oxidation increases or activation energy decreases over Ce1-xPdxO2-δ, Ti1-xPdxO2-δ and Ce1-x-yMxPdyO2-δ (M = Ti, Zr, Hf ; x = 0.25, 0.4 ; y = 0.02) is increased with ionicity of Pd2+ ion. The substitution of Sn in CeO2 forming Ce1-xSnxO2 (x = 0.1-0.5) solid solution was prepared using tin oxalate precursor by solution combustion method. These oxides can be promising support for noble metals because of the Sn4+  Sn2+ redox couple in addition to Ce3+/Ce4+. The two electron process involved in the redox reaction of Sn as well as easy reducibility of Sn4+ to Sn2+ offers a far better redox catalytic system hitherto not reported. Ce1-xSnxO2 solid solutions as well as Pd ion substituted Ce1-xSnxO2 was prepared for the first time.

Ce travail est en relation avec la thématique "Chimie Verte" en particulier, le rôle de la catalyse,l’utilisation des matières premières renouvelables et l’élimination des produits nocifs.- Quatre échantillons commerciaux de zircone tungstatée de Mel-Chemicals.- deux séries de zircone tungstatée préparées par deux méthodes différentes avec une teneuren WO3 de 1 à 20 % en masse.- des oxydes binaires tels que WO3-ZrO2, B2O3-ZrO2, Al2O3-ZrO2, Ga2O3-ZrO2 et In2O3-ZrO2.- des oxydes binaires tels que WO3-Me2O3 (Me = B, Al, Ga et In) et finalement des oxydesternaires WO3/(Me2O3-ZrO2) (Me = B, Al, Ga et In) ont été étudiés et préparés lors de cettethèse.La performance catalytique de ces catalyseurs a été évaluée dans l’hydrolyse de la cellobiose, ladéshydratation du fructose et la réduction catalytique sélective des NOx. Les propriétés acides etredox de surface ont été corrélées aux performances catalytiques. En général, la conversion totale est liée à l’acidité des catalyseurs. Les catalyseurs les plus sélectifs pour la déshydratation du fructose et en deNOx sont ceux présentant une acidité modérée. / This work is related to the subject “Green Chemistry” in particular the role of the catalyst, the useof renewable raw materials and the decrease of hazardous materials.- Four commercial tungstated zirconia provided by Mel-Chemicals.- Two series of tungstated zirconia catalysts prepared by two different methods in a range of(1-20) WO3 wt.% loading- Binary zirconia-based oxides WO3-ZrO2, B2O3-ZrO2, Al2O3-ZrO2, Ga2O3-ZrO2 and In2O3-ZrO2.- Binary oxides WO3-Me2O3 (Me = B, Al, Ga and In) and ternary oxides WO3/(Me2O3-ZrO2)(Me = B, Al, Ga and In) were prepared and studied during my PhD thesis.The catalytic activity of these mixed oxide catalysts was evaluated in cellobiose hydrolysis, fructosedehydration and selective catalytic reduction of NOx. The catalysts were thoroughly characterizedin terms of their acidic and redox properties in order to find correlations between the identifiedactive sites and the catalytic properties. The total conversion is related in general to the acidity ofthe tested catalysts and the most selective catalysts for fructose dehydration and deNOx are thosewith moderate acidity.