Soon after the publication of the first pioneering works on heterogeneous photocatalysis, the number of papers on this topic continuously increased. This intriguing field of research is very complex as it endows with an interdisciplinary overview that involves different aspects of chemistry, physics, material and environmental sciences. Even if photocatalytic applications in real processes are often difficult to be implemented and scaled-up, investigations at laboratory scale are easy to be performed, and in some cases they may give rise to misconceptions. For this reason, the present work aims to sum up most of the common experimental techniques and procedures generally used in heterogeneous photocatalysis and to highlight the guidelines and the rules that a rigorous analysis and study of a photocatalytic system must follow. The paper focuses on the importance of standardization of photocatalytic experiments with special attention on the possibility to compare results obtained under different experimental conditions.

在关于非均相光催化的第一批开创性著作发表后不久，有关该主题的论文数量不断增加。这个有趣的研究领域非常复杂，因为它具有涉及化学，物理，材料和环境科学不同方面的跨学科概述。即使实际过程中的光催化应用通常难以实现和扩大规模，在实验室规模的研究也很容易进行，并且在某些情况下，它们可能会引起误解。因此，本工作旨在总结大多数通常用于非均相光催化的实验技术和程序，并强调必须严格进行光催化系统分析和研究的指导原则和规则。