Master degree in Materials Science

To counter CO₂ emissions caused by anthropogenic activities, different materials have been studied as adsorbent materials for Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) technologies. To increment their industrial applicability, they should be able to satisfy some requirements as good CO₂ adsorption capacity in a wide range of temperature, weak regeneration conditions, low costs and availability into shaped form.

Already shaped hydrotalcite seems to be a good candidate for CO₂ adsorption for high temperature industrial applications. The UniTo Chemistry department in collaboration with Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Padova is developing some 3D printed samples with different loading of hydrotalcite for CO₂ adsorption at high temperature.

The thesis work will be mainly focused on the characterization of those materials by means of multi-technique approach concerning volumetric techniques, adsorption microcalorimetry and in situ and operando IR spectroscopy.