Characterization and application of novel fly ash blended ceramic membrane in MFC for low-cost and sustainable wastewater treatment and power generation

Application of coal fly ash based ceramic membranes in wastewater treatment: A sustainable alternative to commercial materials

“…The use of CFA-modified ceramics has been explored in various wastewater treatment processes because of their unique advantages. Recently, Rao et al [ 46 ], reported the application of a novel fly ash blended/potter clay ceramic membrane in microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology for COD removal from wastewater. The hydration property of the membrane showed CFA concentration dependency, resulting from the variation in the concentration of SiO 2 and Al 2 O 3 in the composite as the quantity of CFA is varied.…”

“…It has been demonstrated in numerous studies that it is possible to fabricate ceramic membranes from coal fly ash. Recently, Rao et al [ 46 ] fabricated a novel fly ash blended/potter clay ceramic membrane. Fu et al [ 47 ] also prepared a low-cost ceramic membrane from coal fly ash as the main raw material and AlF 3 as the catalyst.…”

Recent Advances in the Development of Sustainable Composite Materials used as Membranes in Microbial Fuel Cells

“…A similar power generation capacity, 2-fold higher than MFC using Nafion membrane, was reported by Ahilan et al [95] Their study reported the use of polysiloxane-derived ceramer and ceramic membrane with montmorillonite and H 3 PMo 12 O 40 /SiO 2 as fillers. Rice husk, [96] biochar derived from coconut shell, [16] fly ash [97] have also been reported to be suitable constituents with clay to form functional CM.…”