Increasing awareness of the influence of greenhouse gases on global climate change has led to recent efforts to develop strategies for the reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The strategy that is
receiving the most attention involves the capture of CO2 from large point sources (such as fossil fuelfired power plants) and long-term storage underground or in the ocean. Aqueous solutions of amines have long been used by industry as absorbents for acid gas (CO2, H2S) removal. However, they have
a number of shortcomings for treating flue gases. As an alternative, adsorption is considered to be a promising technologies for capturing CO2 from flue gases, with the potential to overcome the problems
associated with liquid amines.The EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship EP/C543203/1Peer reviewe
