A forming method and a forming apparatus of nanocrystalline silicon
structure makes it possible to prepare a nanocrystalline silicon
structure at a low temperature to have densely packed silicon crystal
grains which are stably terminated and to effectively control the grain
size in nanometer scale. A forming method and a forming apparatus of
nanocrystalline silicon structure with oxide or nitride termination,
carry out a first step of treating a surface of a substrate with hydrogen
radical; a second step of depositing silicon crystals having a grain size
of 10 nm or less by the thermal reaction of a silicon-containing gas; and
a third step of terminating the surface of the silicon crystal with
oxygen or nitrogen by using one of oxygen gas, oxygen radical and
nitrogen radical.