IN THE SUBPROJECT, FOTOVAL, WE PROPOSE THE PRODUCTION OF AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR THE ¿ONE-POT¿ SYNTHESIS OF AROMATIC IMINES FROM A PHOTOELECTROCATALYTIC PROCESS USING PRIMARY ALCOHOLS AND NITROARENES. IN SUCH PROCESS, THE ALCOHOL IS FIRST SELECTIVELY OXIDIZED BY A CATALYST TO THE CORRESPONDING ALDEHYDE, THEN THE NITROARENE IS REDUCED BY A CATALYST TO THE AMINE, AND FINALLY THE COUPLING BETWEEN THE ALDEHYDE AND THE AMINE TAKES PLACE TO GIVE RISE TO THE CORRESPONDING IMINE. FOR THIS PURPOSE, CATALYTIC ELECTRODES WILL BE DEVELOPED TO OPTIMIZE THE PROPOSED REDOX REACTIONS. CATALYTIC MATERIALS AND ELECTRODES WILL BE INTEGRATED WITH STABLE PHOTOELECTRODES UNDER THE OPERATING CONDITIONS OF THE CATALYSTS OR WITH SOLAR CELLS GENERATING SUFFICIENT ENERGY TO PRODUCE THE AFOREMENTIONED REDOX REACTIONS._x000D_ FOTOVAL WILL ALSO MAKE AN INTENSIVE EFFORT IN THE PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF CATALYSTS AND PHOTOELECTRODES, BOTH SEPARATELY AND ONCE INTEGRATED IN COMPLETE DEVICES. THE OBJECTIVE OF THESE STUDIES WILL BE TO DEEPEN IN THE MECHANISMS THAT GOVERN THE RESPONSE OF THESE MATERIALS AND THE DEVICES CONSTRUCTED WITH THEM, DEVELOP MODELS THAT DESCRIBE THEIR BEHAVIOR, DETERMINE THE LIMITS IN THEIR PERFORMANCE AND PROPOSE ROUTES OF IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR DESIGN. FINALLY, AN ADVANCED ANALYSIS TOOL WILL BE DEVELOPED THAT WILL SERVE TO DESCRIBE AND UNDERSTAND THE ELECTRICAL RESPONSE OF THE DEVICES AND PROTOTYPES DEVELOPED IN THE PROJECT AND THAT, EVENTUALLY, WILL SERVE TO OTHER SCIENTISTS AND PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL EXPERTS IN THEIR STUDIES.