Patent ID: 8624862

Claim:
A method for making a touch panel, the method comprising: (a) providing at least one array of carbon nanotubes comprising carbon nanotubes oriented along a same direction, a first substrate, and a second substrate, wherein the at least one array of carbon nanotubes is located on the first substrate or the second substrate, and the carbon nantoubes are perpendicular to the first substrate or the second substrate; (b) pressing the at least one array of carbon nanotubes using a pressing device to form a carbon nanotube structure located on the first substrate or the second substrate, wherein an angle between a primary alignment direction of the carbon nanotubes in the carbon nanotube structure and a surface of the carbon nanotube structure in contact with the first substrate or the second substrate is greater than 0° and smaller than 15°. (c) forming a first electrode plate on the first substrate and a second electrode plate on the second substrate; and (d) locating two first-electrodes on opposite sides of the first electrode plate and two second-electrodes on opposite sides of the second electrode plate, and spacing the first electrode plate a distance from the second electrode plate such that the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer face each other.