This experiment generated enthusiasm among students,
helping them learn valuable laboratory skills and enhancing
their understanding of issues related to preparing and testinginorganic materials and catalysts. This laboratory can be
adapted to a range of educational levels and to various
instrumental techniques, such as optical and electronic
microscopy, porosimetry, X-ray diffraction, and FTIR spectroscopy,
important for students’ future studies and research. The
photocatalytic tests offer further didactic possibilities, for
example, to introduce students to the use of high-pressure
liquid chromatography or gas chromatography for the analysis
of intermediate degradation products and to foster understanding
of photodegradation kinetics. Considering the
increasing relevance of soft chemistry and photocatalysis,
undergraduate students may benefit greatly from the
integration of this laboratory experiment into their experimental
courses.