Separator having coating containing ethylene carbonate, secondary battery, battery module, battery pack, and power consumption apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12482898-B2
Application number	US-202318202361-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 26, 2023
Priority date	Oct 12, 2021
Publication date	Nov 25, 2025
Grant date	Nov 25, 2025

Abstract

The present application provides a separator, a secondary battery, a battery module, a battery pack, and a power consumption apparatus. The separator may include a porous base film and a bonding layer coated on one or both faces of the porous base film. The bonding layer may be composed of ethylene carbonate and an optional nucleating agent.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A separator, comprising a porous base film and a bonding layer coated on one or both faces of the porous base film, the bonding layer consists essentially of ethylene carbonate and a nucleating agent,
wherein the nucleating agent is an inorganic nucleating agent, the inorganic nucleating agent is one or more of a metal or non-metal oxide, a hydroxide, a fluoride, a sulfate, a silica, a phosphate, a carbonate, or carbon black, and an amount of the nucleating agent added is greater than or equal to 0.5° and less than or equal to 10% and a mass percentage of the ethylene carbonate is equal to or greater than 90% and less than 100% with respect to a total weight of the bonding layer.

2 . The separator according to claim 1 , wherein the nucleating agent is a powder, and has a particle size expressed by D50 of 0.001-5 μm.

3 . The separator according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the porous base film is one or more of polypropylene, polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate, polyimide, polytetrafluoroethylene, polyvinylidene fluoride, vinylidene fluoride-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer, vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene copolymer, tetrafluoroethylene-propylene copolymer, polyamide, polyacrylonitrile, viscose fiber, and silk fiber.

4 . The separator according to claim 1 , wherein the porous base film has a thickness of 5-30 μm.

5 . The separator according to claim 1 , wherein the bonding layer is a continuous coating or a discontinuous coating.

6 . The separator according to claim 1 , wherein the bonding layer has a coverage of 1-100%.

7 . The separator according to claim 1 , wherein the bonding layer has a thickness of 0.1-100 μm.

8 . The separator according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic nucleating agent is one or more of silica, alumina, and aluminum hydroxide.

9 . The separator according to claim 8 , wherein the silica is a nano silicon micropowder.

10 . The separator according to claim 1 , wherein the amount of the nucleating agent added is 0.05% 0.5%-1%.

11 . The separator according to claim 1 , wherein the mass percentage of the ethylene carbonate is equal to or greater than 99% and less than 100% with respect to a total weight of the bonding layer.

12 . A method for producing a separator, the method comprising: coating a bonding material onto one or both faces of a porous base film, and cooling and solidifying the bonding material in an environment at or below room temperature to form a bonding layer, the bonding material consisting essentially of molten ethylene carbonate, and a nucleating agent,
wherein the nucleating agent is an inorganic nucleating agent, the inorganic nucleating agent is one or more of a metal or non-metal oxide, a hydroxide, a fluoride, a sulfate, a silica, a phosphate, a carbonate, or carbon black, and an amount of the nucleating agent added is greater than or equal to 0.5% and less than or equal to 10% and a mass percentage of the ethylene carbonate is equal to or greater than 90% and less than 100% with respect to a total weight of the bonding layer.

13 . The method according to claim 12 , further comprising:
melting the ethylene carbonate between 40° C. and 100° C., or mixing the molten ethylene carbonate with the nucleating agent, to obtain the bonding material, wherein a mass fraction ratio of the ethylene carbonate to the nucleating agent is equal to or greater than 90% and less than 100%; and after the bonding material is coated onto one or both faces of the porous base film, performing cooling at room temperature or at 7-15° C. with a low-temperature auxiliary, to obtain the separator.

14 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein the nucleating agent is one or more of silica, alumina, and aluminum hydroxide.

15 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein an amount of the nucleating agent added is 0.5%-1%.

16 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein the coating is performed by using one or more of roller coating, spray coating, and dip coating.

17 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein the coating has a coating weight of 0.5-20 g/m 2 .

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Hong Kong Ltd

Inventors

• Zeng Yuqun
• Ouyang Chuying
• Sun Chengdong
• Zheng Yi
• Kang Haiyang

Classifications

• H01M10/0525

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• H01M50/403

  Manufacturing processes of separators, membranes or diaphragms · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

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• C09J2301/124

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