Patent 12080558 was granted and assigned to Applied Materials on September, 2024 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Methods for depositing molybdenum films on a substrate are described. The substrate is exposed to a molybdenum halide precursor and an aluminum precursor to form the molybdenum film (e.g., elemental molybdenum) at a low temperature. The exposures can be sequential or simultaneous.