We studied the effects of ultraviolet (UV) light and the electrical properties of solution-based indium gallium zinc oxide single-walled carbon nanotube thin-film transistors (SB-IGZO/SWNT TFT), compared with those of solution-based IGZO TFT. Of these devices, the SB-IGZO/SWNT TFT had excellent photoinduced current-sensitivity under illumination and significantly slower recovery of the transfer characteristics after switching off the UV light. To explain these unique photo-response behaviors, we believe that SWNTs play an important role as carrier transport rods during device operation and as electron traps in the device off-state, along with electron-hole pairs due to the UV light illumination. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.