Amongst the many different processes proposed for large scale carbon capture and storage (CCS), high temperature CO 2 looping has emerged as a favourable candidate due to the low theoretical energy penalties that can be achieved. Many different materials have been proposed for use in such a process, the process requiring fast CO 2 absorption reaction kinetics, as * To whom correspondence should be addressed † Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, United Kingdom ‡ Department of Chemistry, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, United Kingdom ¶ Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, United Kingdom § Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1PZ, United Kingdom 1 well as being able to cycle the material for multiple cycles without loss of capacity. Lithium ternary oxide materials, and in particular Li 2 ZrO 3 , have displayed promising performance but further modifications are needed to improve their rate of reaction with CO 2 . Previous studies have linked rates of lithium ionic conduction with CO 2 absorption in similar materials, and in this work we present work aimed at exploring the effect of aliovalent doping on the efficacy of Li 2 ZrO 3 as a CO 2 sorbent. Using a combination of x-ray powder diffraction, theoretical calculations and solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance, we studied the impact of Nb, Ta and Y doping on the structure, Li ionic motion and CO 2 absorption properties of Li 2 ZrO 3 . These methods allowed us to characterise the theoretical and experimental doping limit into the pure material, suggesting that vacancies formed upon doping are not fully disordered, but instead are correlated to the dopant atom positions, limiting the solubility range. Characterisation of the lithium motion using variable temperature solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance confirms that interstitial doping with Y retards the movement of Li ions in the structure, whereas vacancy doping with Nb or Ta results in a similar activation as Li 2 ZrO 3 . However, a marked reduction in the CO 2 absorption of the Nb and Ta doped samples suggests that doping also leads to a change in the carbonation equilibrium of Li 2 ZrO 3 disfavouring the CO 2 absorption at the reaction temperature. This study shows that a complex mixture of structural, kinetic and dynamic factors can influence the performance of Li-based materials for CCS, and underscores the importance of balancing these different factors in order to optimise the process.