Organic/inorganic composite porous separator and preparation method thereof and electrochemical device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2015056491-A1
Application number	US-201414446236-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 29, 2014
Priority date	Aug 21, 2013
Publication date	Feb 26, 2015
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an organic/inorganic composite porous separator and a preparation method thereof and an electrochemical device. The organic/inorganic composite porous separator comprises: a porous substrate; and an organic/inorganic composite porous coating coated on at least one surface of the porous substrate; the organic/inorganic composite porous coating comprises inorganic particles, an adhesive and organic particles with at least two swelling degrees, and the organic particles are swollen by a plasticizer. A preparation method of an organic/inorganic composite porous separator is used for preparing the previous organic/inorganic composite porous separator. An electrochemical device comprises the organic/inorganic composite porous separator. The separator can form an excellent interface, thereby reducing the risk of organic particles blocking micro pores, helping to improve the permeability of the separator, and improving the conductivity of the separator.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An organic/inorganic composite porous separator, comprising:
a porous substrate; and an organic/inorganic composite porous coating coated on at least one surface of the porous substrate; the organic/inorganic composite porous coating comprising inorganic particles, an adhesive and organic particles with at least two swelling degrees, and the organic particles being swollen by a plasticizer.

2 . The organic/inorganic composite porous separator according to claim 1 , wherein the organic/inorganic composite porous coating is an island-planar shape, the island-planar shape comprises interconnected island regions and planar regions, taking an average swelling degree as a reference, the organic particles with the swelling degree not less than the average swelling degree are mainly distributed on a surface of the island regions, the inorganic particles and the organic particles with the swelling degree less than the average swelling degree are mainly distributed inside the island regions and on the planar regions.

3 . The organic/inorganic composite porous separator according to claim 1 , wherein the porous substrate has a property that the porous substrate cannot be infiltrated with deionized water.

4 . The organic/inorganic composite porous separator according to claim 1 , wherein
the porous substrate is selected from at least one of vinyl polymer and copolymer thereof, polyimide, polyamides, polyester, cellulose derivative, and polysulfone; the organic particles are selected from at least one of polyvinylidene fluoride, vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene copolymer, polyacrylonitrile, polyimide, acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymer, acrylonitrile-styrene-butadiene copolymer, polymethylmethacrylate, poly(methyl acrylate), poly(ethyl acrylate), acrylic acid-styrene copolymer, polydimethylsiloxane, sodium polyacrylate, and sodium carboxymethyl cellulose; the inorganic particles are selected from at least one of Al 2 O 3 , SiO 2 , TiO 2 , CeO 2 , CaCO 3 , CaO, ZnO, MgO, CeTiO 3 , CaTiO 3 , BaTiO 3 , Li 3 PO 4 , LiTi 2 (PO 4 ) 3 , LiAlTi 2 (PO 4 ) 4 , Li 3 N, and LiLa(TiO 3 ) 2 ; the adhesive is selected from at least one of polyacrylic acid, poly(methacrylic acid), poly(methyl acrylate), poly(ethyl acrylate), pure acrylic emulsion, acrylic acid-styrene copolymer, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, styrene-butadiene rubber, epoxy resin, neopentyl glycol diacrylate, sodium polyacrylate and derivatives thereof, and PTFE; and the plasticizer is selected from at least one of a true solvent, a transition state solvent, and a cosolvent.

5 . The organic/inorganic composite porous separator according to claim 1 , wherein the organic/inorganic composite porous separator comprises the organic particles with two swelling degrees, taking an average swelling degree as a reference, a mass ratio of the organic particles with the swelling degree not less than the average swelling degree to all the organic particles is 5%˜60%.

6 . The organic/inorganic composite porous separator according to claim 1 , wherein taking a total mass of the plasticizer, the organic particles, the inorganic particles and the adhesive as a reference, a mass ratio of the plasticizer is 0.2%˜45%.

7 . The organic/inorganic composite porous separator according to claim 6 , wherein taking a total mass of the plasticizer, the organic particles, the inorganic particles and the adhesive as a reference, a mass ratio of the plasticizer is 1%˜15%.

8 . The organic/inorganic composite porous separator according to claim 1 , wherein an average particle size of the inorganic particles is 0.001 μm˜9 μm.

9 . The organic/inorganic composite porous separator according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the organic/inorganic composite porous coating is 1 μm˜35 μm.

10 . The organic/inorganic composite porous separator according to claim 1 , wherein
a mass ratio of the organic particles before swelling to the inorganic particles is 10%˜90%; a mass ratio of the adhesive to the sum of the organic particles before swelling and the inorganic particles is 0.01%˜30%.

11 . The organic/inorganic composite porous separator according to claim 2 , wherein an area ratio of the island regions to the planar regions in the organic/inorganic composite porous coating is 0.1˜10.

12 . The organic/inorganic composite porous separator according to claim 11 , wherein the area ratio of the island regions to the planar regions in the organic/inorganic composite porous coating is 0.5˜5.

13 . A preparation method of an organic/inorganic composite porous separator, comprising steps of:
dividing organic particles into at least two parts; adding the first part of the organic particles into a plasticizer and stirring together to swell the first part of the organic particles, then adding the second part of the organic particles and stirring to swell the second part of the organic particles, and so forth, so that swelling degrees of the organic particles vary from high to low according to adding orders; adding the obtained organic particles with at least two swelling degrees together with an adhesive into a solvent and mixing, after mixing evenly, adding inorganic particles and mixing evenly again, and obtaining an organic/inorganic composite slurry; coating the organic/inorganic composite slurry on at least one surface of a porous substrate, and then performing a drying process on the porous substrate with an organic/inorganic composite porous coating.

14 . The preparation method of the organic/inorganic composite porous separator according to claim 13 , wherein the solvent is deionized water, and the porous substrate has a property that the porous substrate cannot be infiltrated with the deionized water.

15 . The preparation method of the organic/inorganic composite porous separator according to claim 13 , wherein dividing organic particles into two parts, and a mass ratio of the first part of the organic particles to all the organic particles is 5%˜60%.

16 . The preparation method of the organic/inorganic composite porous separator according claim 14 , wherein
taking a total mass of the plasticizer, the organic particles, the inorganic particles, the adhesive as a reference, a mass ratio of the plasticizer is 0.2%˜45%; an amount of the deionized water is used so that a solid content of the organic/inorganic composite slurry is 30%˜65%.

17 . The preparation method of the organic/inorganic composite porous separator according to claim 13 , wherein
an ambient temperature of adding the each part of the organic particles into the plasticizer and stirring is 20° C.˜55° C.; a coating speed is 2 m/min˜40 m/min; a temperature of the drying process is 35° C.˜130° C.

18 . An electrochemical device, comprising an organic/inorganic composite porous separator, the organic/inorganic composite porous separator comprising:
a porous substrate; and an organic/inorganic composite porous coating coated on at least one surface of the porous substrate; the organic/inorganic composite porous coating comprising inorganic particles, an adhesive and organic particles with at least two swelling degrees, and the organic particles being swollen by a plasticizer.

19 . The electrochemical device according to claim 18 , wherein the organic/inorganic composite porous coating is an island-planar shape, the island-planar shape comprises interconnected island regions and planar regions, taking an average swelling degree as a reference, the organic particles with the swelling degree not less than the

Assignees

• Dongguan Amperex Tech Ltd
• Ningde Amperex Technology Ltd

Inventors

• Zhao Junhua
• Zhang Shengwu
• Cai Fenmin
• Wang Shenglong
• Zhang Baiqing

Classifications

• H01M50/451

  comprising layers of only organic material and layers containing inorganic material · CPC title

• H01M50/423

  Polyamide resins · CPC title

• H01M50/42

  Acrylic resins · CPC title

• H01M50/417

  Polyolefins · CPC title

• H01M50/426

  Fluorocarbon polymers · CPC title