An Agro waste Management: Development of Multipurpose Chemically Stable, Thermal and Ion-Conducting Membrane

The idea is to provide clean water and sufficient energy to the coming generation, as this is the primary challenge for the scientific community. To develop clean water production systems, efficient energy storage devices, and many other technological or biotechnological devices, nano-porous architecture, or more precisely, membranes, play a dynamic role. Therefore, membrane technology and its developments come up as a solution. India has the world’s largest agro-economic system, where rice and rice husk are produced in large amounts. Due to improper management, burnt rice husks, which consist of silicon compounds, are randomly scattered in fields, resulting in a reduction in fertility. The bio-produced silicon-based compounds are highly effective for membrane preparation. In the present proposal, Nafion-silicon oxide-based compounds will be developed for water purification and ion exchange membranes. During the extraction of silica from rice husk ash, water dissolvable alkaline silicate will help to form a Nafion-silica porous membrane, which will produce clean water.