Separator for electrochemical device and electrochemical device including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12412959-B2
Application number	US-202418597783-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 6, 2024
Priority date	May 3, 2023
Publication date	Sep 9, 2025
Grant date	Sep 9, 2025

Abstract

A separator for an electrochemical device includes a porous polymer substrate; a first coating layer provided on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate and containing a first polymer resin of a first solubility in an electrolyte; and a second coating layer provided on the first coating layer and including a second polymer resin of a second solubility in the electrolyte, and inorganic particles, wherein the first solubility is higher than the second solubility in the electrolyte, and the separator is provided on a negative electrode containing a silicon (Si).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A separator for an electrochemical device, the separator comprising:
a porous polymer substrate;
a first coating layer provided on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate and essentially consisting of a first polymer resin of a first solubility in an electrolyte; and
a second coating layer provided on the first coating layer and including a second polymer resin of a second solubility in the electrolyte, and inorganic particles,
wherein the first solubility is higher than the second solubility in the electrolyte,
the separator is provided on a negative electrode containing a silicon (Si), and
wherein a difference between a solubility parameter of the first polymer resin and a solubility parameter of the second polymer resin is 7 MPa 1/2 or more and 100 MPa 1/2 or less.

2. The separator of claim 1 , wherein the first polymer resin has a solubility parameter of 17 MPa 1/2 or more and 27 MPa 1/2 or less.

3. The separator of claim 1 , wherein the second polymer resin has a solubility parameter less than 17 MPa 1/2 or greater than 27 MPa 1/2 .

4. The separator of claim 1 , wherein the first polymer resin includes one selected from the group consisting of polystyrene, polyethyl acrylate, polymethyl acrylate, polystyrene sulfide, polyethylene terephthalate, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP), polyvinyl acetate (PVAc), polyacrylonitrile (PAN), polylactic acid (PLA), polyacrylic acid (PAA), and a combination thereof.

5. The separator of claim 1 , wherein the second polymer resin includes one selected from the group consisting of PVDF-HFP copolymer, PVDF-CTFE copolymer, PVDF-HFP-CTFE terpolymer, cyanoethyl polyvinyl alcohol, and a combination thereof.

6. The separator of claim 1 , wherein the separator has multiple pores,
the porous polymer substrate has a polydispersity index (PDI) of 2.5 or more and 10 or less, and
the porous polymer substrate has an average pore size of 20 nm or more and 80 nm or less.

7. The separator of claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode contains the silicon (Si)-based active material 50% by weight or more.

8. The separator of claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode has a hardness of 50 MPa or more and 350 MPa or less.

9. An electrochemical device comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte, and the separator of claim 1 interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.

10. The electrochemical device of claim 9 , wherein the electrolyte has a solubility parameter of 17 MPa 1/2 or more and 27 MPa 1/2 or less.

11. The electrochemical device of claim 9 , wherein the electrolyte includes one selected from the group consisting of propylene carbonate (PC), dimethyl carbonate (DMC), diethyl carbonate (DEC), fluoro-ethylene carbonate (FEC), and a combination thereof.

12. The electrochemical device of claim 11 , wherein the electrolyte is used by mixing the diethyl carbonate (DEC) and the fluoro-ethylene carbonate (FEC).

13. The electrochemical device of claim 12 , wherein the electrolyte contains the diethyl carbonate (DEC) and the fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC) in a ratio of 10:90 to 99:1.

Assignees

• Lg Energy Solution Ltd

Inventors

• Shin Jin Young
• Jeong So Mi
• Bang Ji Hyun
• Bae Won Sik

Classifications

• H01M4/134 Primary

  Electrodes based on metals, Si or alloys · CPC title

• H01M2004/021

  Physical characteristics, e.g. porosity, surface area · CPC title

• H01M2004/027

  Negative electrodes · CPC title

• H01M10/0566

  Liquid materials · CPC title

• H01M2300/0051

  Carbonates · CPC title