Abstract
Slow photoconductivity transients were comprehensively studied in ZnO films prepared by spray pyrolysis of the zinc-nitrate solution. Surface charge controlled the film conductivity, and it was possible to reversibly change the conductivity by many orders of magnitude using short-term annealing in hydrogen and oxygen. Under illumination, the conductivity of as-grown films may increase by several orders of magnitude, depending on the dark conductivity. Photoconductivity was due to the capture of nonequilibrium holes at surface oxygen states to produce an equivalent number of excess electrons in the conduction band. Reverse process of the photoconductivity relaxation is determined by an electron tunneling mechanism to the surface oxygen states.
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