In materials science, the number of d-electrons of transition metals is an essentially important factor controlling characteristics of alloys and compounds. In this paper, we show an example to control the number of d-electrons (holes) by using inner-core electron excitation of zinc atoms. An important feature of our research is that we can make a long lifetime excited electronic state of zinc (3d⁸), and the life-time of excited zinc is more than 307 days. At first, the experimental apparatus and boundary conditions of the ion-recombination processes were explained. From results of XPS, excited zinc films showed satellites peaks what caused by the final state of 3d⁸ and the charge transfer final state of 3d¹⁰L². Excited states of zinc were formatted at the surface of substrate caused by ion-recombination process between Zn⁺ and Zn-. The excited zinc diffused from substrate surface to the surface of the excited zinc thin film. Intensity of excited zinc is proportional to the intensity of electron on the substrate.