Electricity generation and winery wastewater treatment using silica modified ceramic separator integrated with yeast-based microbial fuel cell

The ceramic separator has been interested in low-cost alternative proton exchange membranes a microbial fuel cell (MFC). In this study, the silica-modified integrated with yeast-based MFC for electricity generation and phenol treatment from winery wastewater. 30% (w/w) silica powder was mixed 70% natural clay. modified plates (0.2, 0.5, 1.0 cm of thickness) were prepared at 680°C used operation. As an anolyte, synthetic wastewater (2,000 mg COD/L 100 mg/L phenol) 5% (v/v) ethanol used. ethanol-tolerant yeast Pichia sp. ET-KK as anodic catalyst. results showed maximal power density 0.212 W/m2 removal 95.05% reached 0.2-thick plate MFC. This study demonstrated that high potential enhancing