Fabrication of GeO2 layers using a divalent Ge precursor

Good quality and perfectly stoichiometric GeO2 layers are promising interlayers to be implemented in alternative devices based on high dielectric constant oxide/Ge(100). In this work, the authors report on the growth by atomic layer deposition of GeO2 films using a divalent Ge precursor combined with O-3. The films are composed of smooth and perfectly stoichiometric GeO2. The contamination level is extremely low. The deposited GeO2 films have a band gap of 5.81 +/- 0.04 eV. The conduction and valence band offsets at the GeO2/Ge heterojunction are found to be 0.6 +/- 0.1 and 4.5 +/- 0.1 eV, respectively.