Photofarm Operational Group: Eco-sustainable farm based on photocatalytic materials

This Task Force pursues the development of a photocatalytic farm as a more environmentally friendly model, reducing pollutant emissions and maintenance requirements, improving farm productivity, and improving products, as numerous studies correlate improved environmental comfort with productivity, health, and well-being.

The aim is to develop a program to create a more environmentally friendly farm by incorporating photocatalytic materials. This program will involve implementing photocatalytic materials in the polluting emissions environments found on current farms.

Photocatalysis is based on the natural principle of decontamination by nature itself. Just as photosynthesis, thanks to sunlight, is capable of eliminating CO2 to generate organic matter, photocatalysis eliminates other common pollutants in the atmosphere through an oxidation process activated by solar energy (or ultraviolet light). Photocatalysis is a photochemical reaction that converts solar energy (or ultraviolet light) into chemical energy on the surface of a catalyst or substrate, consisting of a semiconductor material that accelerates the reaction rate. During the process, the elimination of most pollutants is promoted.