Patent ID: 8574997

Claim:
A method for forming a capacitor stack, the method comprising: forming a first electrode layer on a substrate; forming a catalytic layer on the first electrode layer, wherein the catalytic layer comprises one or more layers of unoxidized molybdenum interspersed with one or more layers of MoO 2 ; forming a dielectric layer on the catalytic layer, wherein the dielectric layer comprises ZrO 2 and is formed using a zirconium containing precursor, wherein the zirconium containing precursor comprises one of CpZr(NMe 2 ) 3 and (MeCp)Zr(NMe 2 ) 3 , wherein the catalytic layer increases a sticking coefficient of the zirconium containing precursor to the catalytic layer relative to the first electrode layer; and forming a second electrode layer on the dielectric layer.