Separator for nonaqueous secondary battery, and nonaqueous secondary battery

• US 9,065,119 B2
• Filed: 10/21/2011
• Issued: 06/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Teijin Limited
• Original Assignee: Teijin Limited
• Inventors: Nishikawa, Satoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): DOUYETTE, KENNETH J
• Application Number:
  US13/704,116
• Publication Number:
  US 20130089770A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,341 Days
• Field of Search: 429/145, 429/144, 429/254, 429/251, 429/246, 429/129
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B82Y 30/00 Nanotechnology for materials or surface science, e.g. nanocomposites
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/0525 Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/403 Manufacturing processes of separators, membranes or diaphragms
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/417 Polyolefins
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/426 Fluorocarbon polymers
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/44 Fibrous material
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/446 Composite material consisting of a mixture of organic and inorganic materials
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/451 comprising layers of only organic material and layers containing inorganic material
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/489 Separators, membranes, diaphragms or spacing elements inside the cells, characterised by their physical properties, e.g. swelling degree, hydrophilicity or shut down properties
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/491 Porosity
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

An object of the invention is to provide a separator for a nonaqueous secondary battery, which has good adhesion to electrodes, is capable of ensuring sufficient ion permeability even after attachment to electrodes, and further includes an adhesive porous layer having dynamic physical properties sufficient to withstand heat pressing and a uniform porous structure. The separator for a nonaqueous secondary battery of the invention includes a porous substrate and an adhesive porous layer that is formed on at least one side of the porous substrate and contains a polyvinylidene-fluoride-based resin. The separator for a nonaqueous secondary battery is characterized in that the adhesive porous layer has a porosity of 30 to 60% and an average pore size of 1 to 100 nm.

Claims

1. A separator for a nonaqueous secondary battery, comprising a porous substrate and an adhesive porous layer that is formed on at least one side of the porous substrate and contains a polyvinylidene-fluoride-based resin,

the separator for a nonaqueous secondary battery being characterized in that the adhesive porous layer has a porosity of 30% or more and 60% or less and an average pore size of 1 nm or more and 100 nm or less,

the polyvinylidene-fluoride-based resin having a weight average molecular weight of 600,000 or more.

2. The separator for a nonaqueous secondary battery according claim 1, characterized in that the adhesive porous layer has a porosity of 30% or more and 50% or less, and the polyvinylidene-fluoride-based resin contains vinylidene fluoride in an amount of 98 mol % or more.

3. The separator for a nonaqueous secondary battery according to claim 1, characterized in that a weight of the adhesive porous layer formed on one side of the porous substrate is 0.5 g/m² or more and 1.5 g/m² or less.

4. The separator for a nonaqueous secondary battery according to claim 1, characterized in that the adhesive porous layer is formed on both front and back sides of the porous substrate.

5. The separator for a nonaqueous secondary battery according to claim 4, characterized in that

a total weight of the adhesive porous layers formed on both sides of the porous substrate is 1.0 g/m² or more and 3.0 g/m² or less, and

the difference between the weight of the adhesive porous layer on one side and the weight of the adhesive porous layer on the other side is 20% or less of the total weight.

6. The separator for a nonaqueous secondary battery according to claim 1, characterized in that the porous substrate is a polyolefin microporous membrane containing polyethylene.

7. The separator for a nonaqueous secondary battery according to claim 1, characterized in that the porous substrate is a polyolefin microporous membrane containing polyethylene and polypropylene.

8. The separator for a nonaqueous secondary battery according to claim 7, characterized in that the polyolefin microporous membrane includes at least two layers with one of the two layers containing polyethylene and the other layer containing polypropylene.

9. A nonaqueous secondary battery comprising the separator according to claim 1.

10. The separator for a nonaqueous secondary battery according to claim 2, characterized in that a weight of the adhesive porous layer formed on one side of the porous substrate is 0.5 g/m² or more and 1.5 g/m² or less.