To address the challenges of high regeneration energy and corrosion in traditional mixed amine absorbents, as well as the increased viscosity issues in water-lean absorbents post-saturation, this study introduces the co-solvent ethylene glycol (EG) to replace part of the water in the high stability N-methylbenzylamine (MBA) and N, N-dimethylbenzylamine (BDMA) systems, resulting in a novel water-lean aromatic amine solvent, MBA/BDMA/EG/H2O, is proposed as an alternative solutionThe addition of the tertiary amine BDMA significantly enhanced the regeneration efficiency of the absorbent.When the mass ratio of MBA/BDMA/EG/H2O is set at 1.5:1.5:3.5:3.5, the CO2 loading reaches 0.36 mol/mol, while the viscosity is only 10.82 mPa·s at room temperatureThe CO2 capture mechanism of this absorbent was elucidated using 13C NMR and quantum chem. calculationsInitially, CO2 reacts with MBA to form MBACOO-/MBAH+.Subsequently, MBA+COO- undergoes deprotonation to produce MBAH+ and BDMAH+.As the concentration of free MBA decreases to a certain level, BDMA undergoes hydrolysis, resulting in the formation of HCO-3.In the later stages of absorption, some of the carbamate products convert to unstable alkyl carbonates by reaction with EG.Notably, the regeneration energy of MBEH is reduced by 21.1% (estimate), compared to 30% MEA aqueous solutionThe corrosion rate of 30% MEA (after absorption) on carbon steel is 3.6 times higher than that of MBEH (after absorption).Therefore, the proposed MBEH solution presents a promising absorbent with excellent desorption performance, low viscosity, reduced regeneration energy, and low corrosion rate.