The effect of boron (B) doping on the microstructure;
band gap energy and electrical properties of ZrO2 gate dielectrics deposited by sol-gel method at low temperature were systemically investigated. By means of characterization of spectroscopy ellipsometry and ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy;
the thicknesses and optical constants of ZrO2 gate dielectrics have been determined precisely. The B incorporation dependent electrical properties of ZrO2 films were determined by capacitance-voltage (C-V) and leakage current density-voltage (J-V) measurements. The dominant conduction mechanisms of Al/B:ZrO2/n-Si MOS structures have been discussed systematically in detail. As a result;
the optimized B incorporation content has been obtained to achieve ZrO2 gate dielectrics with high quality. © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved;