Research Article

Persistent Photoconductivity in ZnO Nanowires in Different Atmospheres

Figure 3

Photo-current increase under UV excitation of a single ZnO nanowire device in vacuum and two different inert gas atmospheres plotted in a logarithmic scale. The linear scaled inset clearly shows that for nitrogen and argon the current saturates after 2 hours, but not in vacuum. All measurements were performed at .
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