Adhesive-coated separator for lithium-ion batteries, method for preparing same, and applications thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12424706-B2
Application number	US-202017624477-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 3, 2020
Priority date	Jul 3, 2019
Publication date	Sep 23, 2025
Grant date	Sep 23, 2025

Abstract

An adhesive-coated separator for a lithium-ion battery, a preparation method thereof, and use thereof are disclosed. The adhesive-coated separator for a lithium-ion battery of the present disclosure includes a base membrane and an adhesive coating formed on a surface of the base membrane, the thickness deviation percentage of the adhesive coating is less than or equal to 10%, the thickness deviation percentage=(Dmax−Dmin)/Dave×100%, Dmax is a maximum value of the thickness of the adhesive coating, Dmin is a minimum value of the thickness of the adhesive coating, and Dave is an average value of the thickness of the adhesive coating.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An adhesive-coated separator for a lithium-ion battery, comprising a base membrane and an adhesive coating formed on a surface of the base membrane; wherein a thickness deviation percentage of the adhesive coating is less than or equal to 10%; the thickness deviation percentage=(D max −D min )/D ave ×100%; the D max is a maximum value of the thickness of the adhesive coating; the D min is a minimum value of the thickness of the adhesive coating; and the D ave is an average value of the thickness of the adhesive coating,
wherein the adhesive coating comprises a resin; and the resin is one or more of polyethylene oxide, polypropylene oxide, polyetherimide, polyvinylidene fluoride, vinylidene fluoride copolymer, polyacrylonitrile, poly(methyl (meth)acrylate), and acrylate copolymer.

2. The adhesive-coated separator for a lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness deviation percentage of the adhesive coating is 0% to 8%.

3. The adhesive-coated separator for a lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein a difference between an air permeability value of the adhesive-coated separator and an air permeability value of the base membrane is 0 s/100 cc to 20 s/100 cc.

4. The adhesive-coated separator for a lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein a difference between an ionic conductivity of the base membrane and an ionic conductivity of the adhesive-coated separator is 0 S/cm to 10 −5 S/cm.

5. The adhesive-coated separator for a lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein the base membrane is one or more of a polyolefin membrane, a nonwoven fabric, or a polyimide membrane; or
the base membrane is a composite membrane with a ceramic coating formed on the polyolefin membrane, the nonwoven fabric, or the polyimide membrane.

6. The adhesive-coated separator for a lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein an average thickness of the base membrane is 3 μm to 72 μm.

7. The adhesive-coated separator for a lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein the average thickness of the adhesive-coated layer is 50 nm to 100 μm.

8. A method for preparing the adhesive-coated separator for a lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 , comprising coating a resin powder on a surface of a base membrane by electrostatic powder spraying to form an adhesive coating on the surface of the base membrane.

9. The method according to claim 8 , comprising coating the resin powder on one side of the base membrane by electrostatic powder spraying, or coating the resin powder on both sides of the base membrane by electrostatic powder spraying.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the resin powder is one or more of polyethylene oxide, polyethylene wax, polypropylene oxide, polyetherimide, polyvinylidene fluoride, vinylidene fluoride copolymer, polyacrylonitrile, poly(methyl (meth)acrylate), and acrylate copolymer.

11. The method according to claim 8 , wherein a particle size D50 of the resin powder is 50 nm to 50 μm.

12. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the base membrane is one or more of a polyolefin membrane, a nonwoven fabric, or a polyimide membrane; or
the base membrane is a composite membrane with a ceramic coating formed on the polyolefin membrane, the nonwoven fabric, or the polyimide membrane.

13. The method according to claim 8 , wherein an average thickness of the base membrane is 3 μm to 72 μm.

14. The method according to claim 8 , wherein an average thickness of the adhesive coating is 50 nm to 100 μm.

15. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the electrostatic powder spraying is performed with a spraying rate of 0.05-500 g/min, a moving speed of the base membrane of 2-500 m/min, a spraying distance of 10-30 cm, and a spraying voltage of 10-30 kV.

16. The method according to claim 8 , after the coating of the resin powder on the surface of a base membrane by the electrostatic powder spraying, the method further comprising: hot pressing the base membrane formed with the adhesive coating.

17. The method according to claim 16 , wherein a hot pressing temperature is 30-120° C. and a hot pressing time is 2-300 s.

18. The method according to claim 16 , after the hot pressing of the base membrane formed with the adhesive coating, the method further comprising: removing static electricity from the hot pressed base membrane.

19. A lithium-ion battery, comprising the adhesive-coated separator for a lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Byd Co Ltd

Inventors

• Pan Yi
• Bai Li
• Pan Zeng
• Zhu Yan
• Zhang Meng

Classifications

• H01M10/0525

  Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries · CPC title

• H01M50/449

  having a layered structure · CPC title

• H01M50/403 Primary

  Manufacturing processes of separators, membranes or diaphragms · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• H01M10/052

  Li-accumulators · CPC title