Adsorbed species of oxygen on dark and on illuminated zinc oxide

Abstract
Oxygen adsorbed at room temperature on zinc oxide, which had been cooled in vacuum after activation, gave two oxygen desorption peaks with maxima at 180–190 and 280–290 °C, while oxygen adsorbed at 200 °C gave mainly the higher temperature peak; no desorption was observed from zinc oxide cooled under an oxygen atmosphere.