Patent attributes
An air purification unit has a housing which has at least one inlet opening for delivering an air stream and at least one outlet opening for discharging the air stream delivered via the inlet opening. At least one air purification unit and at least one lighting unit are arranged in the housing, wherein the at least one air purification unit and the at least one lighting unit are arranged opposite one another in the housing. The at least one air purification unit has at least one photocatalytically active surface region. The air stream is guided in the housing at least partially along the at least one photocatalytically active surface region of the at least one air purification unit, wherein the surface region is at least partially coated with titanium dioxide or doped with titanium dioxide ions ions.