A hybrid solvent/solid-state approach to CO2 separation from flue gas is demonstrated based on absorption with aqueous amino acids (i.e., glycine, sarcosine), followed by crystallization of the bicarbonate salt of glyoxal-bis(iminoguanidine) (GBIG), and subsequent solid-state CO2 release from the bicarbonate crystals. In this process, the GBIG bicarbonate crystallization regenerates the amino acid sorbent, and the CO2 is subsequently released by mild heating of the GBIG bicarbonate crystals, which results in quantitative, energy-efficient regeneration of GBIG. The cyclic capacities measured from multiple absorption-regeneration cycles are in the range of 0.2-0.3 mol CO2/mol amino acid. This hybrid CO2-separation approach reduces the sorbent regeneration energy by 24% and 40% compared to the regeneration energy needed for benchmark industrial sorbents monoethanolamine and sodium glycinate, respectively, while minimizing the amount of the amino acid sorbent loss through evaporation or degradation.