It is known that zinc oxide undergoes a memory mechanism when irradiated by light. We have observed this effect of zinc oxide powder dispersed in a dielectric resin which is used as a photosensitive material in the electrophotographic process.
After corona charging, the surface potential were measured on the specimens having different irradiation histories. Lowering of the initial potential and increase of its dark decay velocity were observed in comparison with the dark adapted specimens. The results obtained were as follows.
The degree of the drop of initial potent.ial by irradiation mainly depends on the light intensity rather than the quantity. When the light intensity is weak enough, the drop can not be observed, though the surface potential afier charging drops under the similar irradiation.
The initial potential increases with the resin to zinc oxide volume ratio of dispersed layer, but the percentage of the drop (V/V
d, where V is potential, V
d in the itial potential of dark adapted specimens) is not so much different in all ratro of resrn to zmc oxlde wrthm our expenmental regron (35-70 volume per cent of resin.)
The time required for the recovery of the irradiation effect is independent only on V/V
d, if resin content is decided, and under the same V/Vd, it increases with the resin content. It has been said that the memory effect is caused almost by photo-desorption of chemisorbed oxygen and the recovery by the readsorption in dark state. Our experiments suggest that the binder resin disturbs the oxygen readsorption by zinc oxide.
In other hand, the photoresponse of the surface conductivity was also measured. It is observed that the decay rate is slow compared with the rise, and becomes more slow as the resin content increases. In those phenomena, the results of the surface potential measurements qualitatively agreed with those of conductivity measurement.
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