puripot
Blue visible-light photocatalyst technology
Blue Light PCO Technology
- Functions of disinfecting viruses and bacteria and removing harmful gases
- The world’s first blue visible-light photocatalytic reaction technology
- CES 2019 / 2020 Innovation Awards received consecutively
- UV and ozone-free stable technology harmless to human body
Wellness & Bio-Technology
- Supply products and services of healthcare as future and new strategic business field.
- Have exhibited new products and have received the CES Technology Innovation Awards for five consecutive years since 2017.
- Have had global competitiveness in digital D2C e-commerce and have explored overseas markets.
Bio Healthcare Investment into new business
- Discovering new future growth drivers and focusing on healthcare products and services for the second leap
- Investment into new technology oriented strategic business that corresponds to our portfolio
Technology
Decomposing to the very end: PCO
PCO (photocatalyst) technology uses a catalyst with light and nano-technology to generate air-purifying substances (OH radicals) that decompose odors, viruses and bacteria. Just as photosynthesis produces oxygen from sunlight, the reaction between light and the catalyst turns harmful substances into water and carbon dioxide that are harmless to the human body. Unlike conventional filter technology that merely traps harmful substances, this technology ultimately decomposes them — leaving no waste and requiring no maintenance cost.
*PCO: Photo Catalytic Oxidation
Catalyst / Titanium dioxide (TiO₂)
A catalyst is a substance that speeds up a chemical reaction without being consumed or changed. Titanium dioxide is used as the catalyst in the reaction that produces the purifying substances. It is chemically stable and harmless to the human body — it is even added to processed foods such as candy and doughnuts.
Purifying substance / Hydroxyl radical (·OH)
The ·OH generated by the photocatalytic reaction has a powerful oxidative decomposition ability, turning bacteria, viruses, odors and mold into water and carbon dioxide. Since hydroxyl radicals are created and disappear within a millionth of a second, they never leave the product — the purification is completed inside, which makes it very safe.
Filtering and decomposing are worlds apart.
Would you rather store harmful substances, or eliminate them completely? Conventional air purifier filters physically trap harmful substances, so they have no effect on bacteria, viruses or odors smaller than the filtering threshold — and if poorly maintained, microorganisms can grow inside the filter and blow dirty air back into the room. The PCO technology of the puripot air sterilizer optically destroys harmful substances instead. It removes bacteria, viruses and odors regardless of their size, is easy to maintain, and incurs no additional running cost.
Air purifier that
physically filters
Air sterilizer that
optically decomposes
Blue Light PCO
The shorter the wavelength, the stronger the light. But too much of a good thing can be harmful. Conventional PCO technology used strong ultraviolet (UV) light to easily generate purifying substances — but it reacted with oxygen in the air and produced toxic ozone (O₃). To eliminate every possible side effect and risk, puripot developed its own catalyst recipe and a special nano process so that purifying substances can be generated even with the visible light we encounter every day (460nm Blue Light).
*Visible light: safe light with a wavelength of 400–700nm that the human eye can see
Light used by conventional PCO
Ultraviolet (UV)
- Invisible light outside the visible spectrum
- Direct exposure can damage the eyes and skin
- Its high energy reacts with oxygen in the air and produces toxic ozone
Light used by puripot’s special PCO
Visible light (Blue Light)
- Visible light that we can see
- Safe light commonly encountered in daily life
- 460nm visible light does not react with oxygen, so no ozone can be produced
Product
Blue Light PCO
- Blue Light PCO technology responsible for the clean air environment of the International Space Station
- The patented technology of the puripot air sterilizer decomposes even the smallest particles of viruses, bacteria and VOCs without filters
puripot, recognized worldwide
- CES 2019, 2020 INNOVATION AWARDS
- 2020 Good Design Award, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
- 2021 iF Design Award, Germany