Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and separator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9356273-B2
Application number	US-95896110-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 2, 2010
Priority date	Dec 4, 2009
Publication date	May 31, 2016
Grant date	May 31, 2016

Abstract

A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The separator includes a substrate layer and a surface layer formed on at least one principal plane of the substrate layer, the surface layer contains polyvinylidene fluoride and an inorganic material particle, and an amount of deformation against pressure of the surface layer is larger than that of the substrate layer.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising:
a positive electrode;
a negative electrode; and
a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode,
wherein the separator includes
a substrate layer, and
a surface layer formed on at least one principal plane of the substrate layer,

wherein the surface layer contains polyvinylidene fluoride and an inorganic material particle, the inorganic material composing at least 70 wt % of the surface layer,
wherein an amount of deformation against pressure of the surface layer is larger than that of the substrate layer,
wherein an average particle size of the inorganic material particle is not more than 50% relative to a thickness of the surface layer, and
wherein the surface layer has a three-dimensional network structure in which continuously connected fibrils made of the polyvinylidene fluoride have an average diameter of not more than 1.0 μm.

2. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein
the negative electrode has a negative electrode active material containing at least one member selected from silicon and tin as a constituent element.

3. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein
the negative electrode active material is a material containing
a first constituent element,
a second constituent element, and
a third constituent element;
the first constituent element is tin;
the second constituent element is at least one member selected from the group consisting of cobalt, iron, magnesium, titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, nickel, copper, zinc, gallium, zirconium, niobium, molybdenum, silver, indium, cerium, hafnium, tantalum, tungsten, bismuth and silicon; and
the third constituent element is at least one member selected from the group consisting of boron, carbon, aluminum and phosphorus.

4. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein
a porosity of the surface layer is 20% or more and not more than 90%.

5. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein
the inorganic material particle is an alumina (Al 2 O 3 ) particle.

6. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein
the substrate layer is a microporous polyolefin resin.

7. A separator comprising:
a substrate layer; and
a surface layer formed on at least one principal plane of the substrate layer,
wherein the surface layer contains polyvinylidene fluoride and an inorganic material particle, the inorganic material composing at least 70 wt % of the surface layer,
wherein an amount of deformation against pressure of the surface layer is larger than that of the substrate layer,
wherein an average particle size of the inorganic material particle is not more than 50% relative to a thickness of the surface layer, and
wherein the surface layer has a three-dimensional network structure in which continuously connected fibrils made of the polyvinylidene fluoride have an average diameter of not more than 1.0 μm.

8. The separator according to claim 7 , wherein a porosity of the surface layer is 20% or more and not more than 90%.

9. The separator according to claim 7 , wherein the inorganic material particle is an alumina (Al 2 O 3 ) particle.

10. The separator according to claim 7 , wherein the substrate layer is a microporous polyolefin resin.

Assignees

• Sato Hironori
• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Sato Hironori

Classifications

• H01M4/58 Primary

  of inorganic compounds other than oxides or hydroxides, e.g. sulfides, selenides, tellurides, halogenides or LiCoFy; of polyanionic structures, e.g. phosphates, silicates or borates · CPC title

• H01M50/107

  having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic (H01M50/103, H01M50/109, H01M50/11 take precedence) · CPC title

• H01M50/417

  Polyolefins · CPC title

• H01M50/434

  Ceramics · CPC title

• H01M50/426

  Fluorocarbon polymers · CPC title