Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 February 2011
This paper reports a procedure for low-temperature formation of silicon dioxide (SiO2) using a catalytic chemical vapor deposition (Cat-CVD) system. The surface of Si(100) is oxidized at temperatures as low as 200°C and a few nm SiO2 films are formed. Electrical and structural properties of the layers are investigated. It is found that breakdown electric field, leakage current and the density of intermediate oxidation states is comparable with thermally oxidized sample.