China solar module,Photovoltaic solar panels-Solar cells made through oil-and-water 'self-assembly'

It uses the fact that oil- and water-based liquids do not mix, forming devices from components  China solar module that align along the boundary between the two.

The idea joins a raft of approaches Photovoltaic solar panels   toward self-assembly, but lends itself particularly well to small components.

The work is Solar Panel Module reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Crucially, it could allow the large-scale assembly of high-quality electronic components on materials of just about any type, in contrast to "inkjet printed" electronics or some previous self-assembly techniques

Such efforts have until now exploited the effect of gravity, assembling devices through so-called "sedimentation".

In this approach, "blank" devices are etched with depressions to match precisely-shaped components. Simply dumped into a liquid, the components should settle down into the blank device like sand onto a riverbed, in just the right places.