Carbon (CO2) Capture, Selective Gas Sorbent Materials, and Carbon Sequestration
This project develops tools to measure how materials capture and store CO2 using advanced techniques, aiming to improve carbon capture and sequestration technologies.
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Funder: NRC Research Associateship Programs
Due Dates: February 1, 2025 | May 1, 2025 | August 1, 2025
Funding Amounts: $82,764 stipend plus $3,000 travel allowance; typical appointment duration 2 years.
Summary: Postdoctoral fellowship supporting research on in situ measurement of CO2 capture and sequestration materials using advanced neutron and synchrotron X-ray scattering techniques.
Key Information: Open to U.S. citizens with a Ph.D. earned within the last 5 years; NIST participates in February and August review cycles only.
Description
This fellowship opportunity at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) focuses on advancing carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and sequestration technologies critical for mitigating global warming. The research aims to develop and apply in situ measurement platforms integrated with state-of-the-art neutron and synchrotron X-ray scattering facilities to study transient gas/solid interactions in candidate CO2 sorbent materials and materials for permanent mineralization or carbonation-based sequestration.
Key research activities include:
- Designing and constructing measurement platforms to interrogate structural, microstructural, atomic bonding, and dynamic changes in sorbent materials during CO2 sorption and release.
- Conducting experiments under controlled temperature, pressure, humidity, and atmospheric conditions.
- Performing in situ X-ray or neutron diffraction/scattering and thermogravimetric analysis coupled with evolved gas analysis.
- Complementing experimental data with computer simulations using density functional theory (DFT) and other modeling methods.
This research supports the development of clean, low-carbon emission technologies and direct air capture (DAC) methods to meet U.S. energy and manufacturing needs sustainably.
