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Supervisor's Foreword; Abstract; List of Publications: ; Articles; Conferences; Acknowledgements; Declaration of Originality; Contents; Nomenclature; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Research Motivation; 1.2 Research Objectives; 1.3 Structure of the Thesis; References; 2 Literature Review; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Gas-Solid Adsorption; 2.2.1 Basic Adsorption Principles; 2.2.1.1 Heat of Adsorption; 2.2.1.2 Physical and Chemical Adsorption; 2.2.2 Regeneration of Spent Adsorbents; 2.2.2.1 Pressure-swing Adsorption; 2.2.2.2 Temperature-Swing Adsorption; 2.2.3 Adsorption Isotherms
2.2.3.1 Langmuir Isotherm2.2.3.2 Freundlich Isotherm; 2.2.3.3 Toth Isotherm; 2.2.4 Mass Transfer Phenomena; 2.2.5 Heat Transfer Phenomena; 2.2.6 Experimental Methods to Study Adsorption; 2.2.6.1 Thermogravimetric Analysis; 2.2.6.2 Packed Bed Column; 2.2.7 Solid Adsorbent; 2.3 Carbon Dioxide Capture by Solid Adsorbents; 2.4 Layered Double Hydroxides; 2.4.1 Effect of Thermal Treatment on the Structure of Layered Double Hydroxides; 2.4.2 Factors Impacting on the Basicity of Layered Double Hydroxides; 2.4.3 Strategies to Improve the Adsorption Performance of Layered Double Hydroxides
2.4.3.1 Substitution of Framework Metals2.4.3.2 Alkali Promotion of Layered Double Hydroxides; 2.4.3.3 CO2 Adsorption in the Presence of Water; 2.4.3.4 Supported Layered Double Hydroxides; 2.5 Carbon Nanostructures as Supports; 2.6 Perspectives on Hydrogen Production; 2.6.1 Sorption-Enhanced Hydrogen Production; 2.7 Concluding Remarks; References; 3 Experimental Methods; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Experimental Methods to Measure Adsorption; 3.2.1 Thermogravimetric Analysis; 3.2.1.1 Experimental Setup and Standard Procedure; 3.2.1.2 Mass Transfer Effects; 3.2.2 Fixed-Bed Adsorption Column
3.2.2.1 Experimental Setup3.2.2.2 Standard Experimental Procedure; 3.2.2.3 Adsorption Capacity Analysis; 3.2.2.4 Mass Transfer Effects; 3.3 Catalytic Tests; 3.3.1 Experimental Setup and Standard Procedure; 3.3.2 Product Analysis; 3.3.2.1 Calibration of the Mass Spectrometer; 3.3.2.2 Reaction Extents; 3.3.2.3 Conversion, Selectivity and Yield; 3.4 Characterisation of Adsorbents and Catalysts; 3.4.1 Nitrogen Physisorption; 3.4.2 X-Ray Powder Diffraction (XRD); 3.4.3 Transmission-Electron Microscopy/Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (TEM/EDS); 3.4.4 Scanning-Electron Microscopy (SEM)
3.4.5 Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES)3.4.6 Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA); 3.4.7 Temperature-Programmed Desorption (TPD); 3.4.8 Temperature-Programmed Reduction (TPR); 3.4.9 Particle Size Distribution, Helium Pycnometry and Mercury Porosimetry Techniques; References; 4 Layered Double Hydroxides Supported on Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes for CO2 Adsorption; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Synthesis of the Adsorbents; 4.2.1 Unsupported Mg-Al LDHs; 4.2.2 Nanostructured LDH/MWCNT Hybrids; 4.2.3 Activation of Pure LDH and LDH/MWCNT Hybrids
2.2.3.1 Langmuir Isotherm2.2.3.2 Freundlich Isotherm; 2.2.3.3 Toth Isotherm; 2.2.4 Mass Transfer Phenomena; 2.2.5 Heat Transfer Phenomena; 2.2.6 Experimental Methods to Study Adsorption; 2.2.6.1 Thermogravimetric Analysis; 2.2.6.2 Packed Bed Column; 2.2.7 Solid Adsorbent; 2.3 Carbon Dioxide Capture by Solid Adsorbents; 2.4 Layered Double Hydroxides; 2.4.1 Effect of Thermal Treatment on the Structure of Layered Double Hydroxides; 2.4.2 Factors Impacting on the Basicity of Layered Double Hydroxides; 2.4.3 Strategies to Improve the Adsorption Performance of Layered Double Hydroxides
2.4.3.1 Substitution of Framework Metals2.4.3.2 Alkali Promotion of Layered Double Hydroxides; 2.4.3.3 CO2 Adsorption in the Presence of Water; 2.4.3.4 Supported Layered Double Hydroxides; 2.5 Carbon Nanostructures as Supports; 2.6 Perspectives on Hydrogen Production; 2.6.1 Sorption-Enhanced Hydrogen Production; 2.7 Concluding Remarks; References; 3 Experimental Methods; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Experimental Methods to Measure Adsorption; 3.2.1 Thermogravimetric Analysis; 3.2.1.1 Experimental Setup and Standard Procedure; 3.2.1.2 Mass Transfer Effects; 3.2.2 Fixed-Bed Adsorption Column
3.2.2.1 Experimental Setup3.2.2.2 Standard Experimental Procedure; 3.2.2.3 Adsorption Capacity Analysis; 3.2.2.4 Mass Transfer Effects; 3.3 Catalytic Tests; 3.3.1 Experimental Setup and Standard Procedure; 3.3.2 Product Analysis; 3.3.2.1 Calibration of the Mass Spectrometer; 3.3.2.2 Reaction Extents; 3.3.2.3 Conversion, Selectivity and Yield; 3.4 Characterisation of Adsorbents and Catalysts; 3.4.1 Nitrogen Physisorption; 3.4.2 X-Ray Powder Diffraction (XRD); 3.4.3 Transmission-Electron Microscopy/Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (TEM/EDS); 3.4.4 Scanning-Electron Microscopy (SEM)
3.4.5 Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES)3.4.6 Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA); 3.4.7 Temperature-Programmed Desorption (TPD); 3.4.8 Temperature-Programmed Reduction (TPR); 3.4.9 Particle Size Distribution, Helium Pycnometry and Mercury Porosimetry Techniques; References; 4 Layered Double Hydroxides Supported on Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes for CO2 Adsorption; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Synthesis of the Adsorbents; 4.2.1 Unsupported Mg-Al LDHs; 4.2.2 Nanostructured LDH/MWCNT Hybrids; 4.2.3 Activation of Pure LDH and LDH/MWCNT Hybrids