The invention relates to a household appliance 1 with at least one self-cleaning catalytically active surface 17 containing a polyoxometalate, characterized in that the surface contains a polymeric organic or inorganic binder and that thepolyoxometalate has the Formula (I) or (II), A3PZ4O24 (I), Aq+3PVqZ12-qO40 (II)wherein Z is selected from Mo oder W,q is 0, 1, 2 or 3, andA is selected from one or more cations selected from the group consisting of (XR1R2R3R4)+, wherein at least one of the groups R1, R2, R3, and R4 is a substituted or nonsubstituted alkyl, alkyloxoalkyl or cycloalkyl group that may contain at least one heteroatom selected among O, S, N or P, with at least five carbon atoms and wherein X is selected from among nitrogen or phosphorus.