Photoelectrocatalytic degradation of harmful compounds

Abstract Photoelectrocatalytic (PEC) processes are among the hybrid or combined processes that are receiving great attention in this latter period. Thanks to the possible exploitation of renewable energies, the use of electricity is no longer the weakest point of the electrochemical processes, and therefore their exploitation is regaining the deserved attention. The combination of electrocatalytic (EC) and photocatalytic (PC) processes, which occurs in the PEC processes, can be considered as a useful means that in perspective will be able to use the synergies of the two processes in an economically and environmentally sustainable way: all research is in fact aimed at the realization of systems that exploit solar energy in the so-called Solar PEC Processes.