PhD Scholarship: Developing novel solid sorbents for the CO2 capture from flue gas streams

This CSIRO-RMIT co-funded scholarship will address the challenges associated with the development of next generation solid CO2 adsorbent technologies that offer lower cost capture. The PhD project aims to develop novel solid CO2 adsorbents that can reduce the energy requirements and the costs associated with carbon capture from flue gas streams and CO2 storage. The purpose of this project is to explore the fundamental science around optimizing novel solid materials for CO2 capture with a particular focus on flue gas streams and the effect of other components in the stream such as NOx and SOx on the sorbents. The successful candidate will work closely with researchers from the Centre for Advanced Materials and Industrial Chemistry (CAMIC) of RMIT and scientists from CSIRO in a multi-disciplinary team environment, providing numerous research and development opportunities including development and optimization of solid CO2 adsorbents and new approaches in carbon capture and storage.