Separator for secondary cell, method of manufacturing separator for secondary cell, and secondary cell

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017346057-A1
Application number	US-201515533060-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 3, 2015
Priority date	Dec 9, 2014
Publication date	Nov 30, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

A secondary battery separator includes a porous substrate; and a porous layer laminated on at least one surface of the porous substrate, the porous layer comprising fluorine resin particles and inorganic particles; wherein the fluorine resin particles are formed using a fluorine resin having a weight-average molecular weight of 100,000 or more and 5,000,000 or less, and have an average particle size of 0.01 μm or more and 1.00 μm or less; and wherein the inorganic particles have an average particle size of 0.10 μm or more and 5.0 μm or less.

First claim

1 - 13 . (canceled)

14 . A secondary battery separator comprising:
a porous substrate; and a porous layer comprising fluorine resin particles and inorganic particles laminated on at least one surface of the porous substrate, wherein the fluorine resin particles are formed using a fluorine resin having a weight-average molecular weight of 100,000 or more and 5,000,000 or less, and have an average particle size of 0.01 μm or more and 1.00 μm or less; and the inorganic particles have an average particle size of 0.10 μm or more and 5.0 μm or less.

15 . A secondary battery separator comprising:
a porous substrate; and a porous layer comprising fluorine resin particles and inorganic particles laminated on at least one surface of the porous substrate, wherein the fluorine resin particles are formed using a fluorine resin having a weight-average molecular weight of 600,000 or more and 1,500,000 or less, and have an average particle size of 0.02 μm or more and 0.40 μm or less; and the inorganic particles have an average particle size of 0.10 μm or more and 5.0 μm or less.

16 . The secondary battery separator according to claim 14 , wherein the inorganic particles have an average particle size of not less than 0.2 times and not more than 100 times the average particle size of the fluorine resin particles.

17 . The secondary battery separator according to claim 14 , wherein the fluorine resin is a polyvinylidene fluoride resin, and the polyvinylidene fluoride resin has a vinylidene fluoride content of 80 mol % or more and less than 100 mol %.

18 . The secondary battery separator according to claim 14 , wherein the fluorine resin includes an acid functional group.

19 . The secondary battery separator according to claim 18 , wherein the acid functional group is a carboxylic acid group.

20 . The secondary battery separator according to claim 14 , wherein the fluorine resin particles are included in the porous layer in a proportion of 10% by mass or more and 90% by mass or less with respect to 100% by mass of the total amount of the porous layer.

21 . The secondary battery separator according to claim 14 , wherein the porous layer per one surface has a thickness 0.1 μm or more 5.0 μm or less.

22 . The secondary battery separator according to claim 14 , wherein the porous substrate is a polyolefin porous substrate.

23 . The secondary battery separator according to claim 14 , wherein the porous layer comprises an organic resin binder in an amount of 1.0 part by mass or more and 100 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the fluorine resin particles and the inorganic particles.

24 . A method of producing a secondary battery separator comprising:
dispersing fluorine resin particles and inorganic particles in a solvent comprising water as a main component to obtain a dispersion liquid, wherein the fluorine resin particles are formed using a fluorine resin having a weight-average molecular weight of 100,000 or more and 5,000,000 or less, and have an average particle size of 0.01 μm or more and 1.00 μm or less; and wherein the inorganic particles have an average particle size of 0.10 μm or more and 5.0 μm or less; coating the resulting dispersion liquid on at least one surface of a porous substrate; and drying the resultant to laminate a porous layer comprising the fluorine resin particles and the inorganic particles on the porous substrate.

25 . The method according to claim 24 ,
wherein the fluorine resin particles are obtained by adding a fluorine resin solution prepared by dissolving a fluorine resin in a solvent and water to a poor solvent, to allow precipitation of the fluorine resin particles, the amount of water is 1% by mass or more and 25% by mass or less with respect to 100% by mass of the total amount of the solvent and water, and the amount of the fluorine resin is 0.1% by mass or more and 15% by mass or less with respect to 100% by mass of the total amount of the solvent and water.

26 . A secondary battery comprising the secondary battery separator according to claim 14 , or a secondary battery separator obtained by a method of producing a secondary battery separator comprising:
dispersing fluorine resin particles and inorganic particles in a solvent comprising water as a main component to obtain a dispersion liquid, wherein the fluorine resin particles are formed using a fluorine resin having a weight-average molecular weight of 100,000 or more and 5,000,000 or less, and have an average particle size of 0.01 μm or more and 1.00 μm or less; and wherein the inorganic particles have an average particle size of 0.10 μm or more and 5.0 μm or less; coating the resulting dispersion liquid on at least one surface of a porous substrate; and drying the resultant to laminate a porous layer comprising the fluorine resin particles and the inorganic particles on the porous substrate.

27 . The secondary battery separator according to claim 15 , wherein the inorganic particles have an average particle size of not less than 0.2 times and not more than 100 times the average particle size of the fluorine resin particles.

28 . The secondary battery separator according to claim 15 , wherein the fluorine resin is a polyvinylidene fluoride resin, and the polyvinylidene fluoride resin has a vinylidene fluoride content of 80 mol % or more and less than 100 mol %.

29 . The secondary battery separator according to claim 15 , wherein the fluorine resin includes an acid functional group.

30 . The secondary battery separator according to claim 15 , wherein the acid functional group is a carboxylic acid group.

31 . The secondary battery separator according to claim 15 , wherein the fluorine resin particles are included in the porous layer in a proportion of 10% by mass or more and 90% by mass or less with respect to 100% by mass of the total amount of the porous layer.

32 . The secondary battery separator according to claim 15 , wherein the porous layer per one surface has a thickness 0.1 μm or more 5.0 μm or less.

33 . The secondary battery separator according to claim 15 , wherein the porous substrate is a polyolefin porous substrate.

Assignees

• Toray Industries

Inventors

• Kai Nobuyasu
• Ito Kiyohiko

Classifications

• H01M10/02 Primary

  Details (of electrodes H01M4/00; of non-active parts H01M50/00) · CPC title

• H01M10/10

  Immobilising of electrolyte · CPC title

• C08J3/14

  by precipitation from solutions {(C08J3/122 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• H01M50/443

  Particulate material · CPC title

• H01M50/451

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