IP Library Granted Patent US 12683245
Granted Patent B2
US 12683245 · App. 18/362,708 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Separator and electrochemical device including the same

Inventors: Byung Hyun Kim (Cheongwon-gu, KR); Dae Bog Park (Cheonan-si, KR); Seok Hyeon Gong (Gongju-si, KR); Kwang Ho Choi (Cheongju-si, KR); Jeong Rae Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignees: W-SCOPE KOREA CO., LTD.; W-SCOPE CHUNGJU PLANT CO., LTD
H01M50/446H01M4/623H01M50/417H01M50/431H01M50/449H01M50/457H01M50/489
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Patent No.
US 12683245
App. No.
18/362,708
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

One aspect of the present invention provides a separator including a porous substrate, and a heat-resistant layer disposed on at least one surface of the porous substrate and including inorganic particles, wherein the ratio (F2/F1) of air permeability (F2, sec/100 mL) in a curved surface with a radius of curvature of 10 mm of the separator to the air permeability (F1, sec/100 mL) in a flat surface of the separator is 1.5 or less, and an electrochemical device including the same.

Claims (22)

1 . A separator comprising:

a porous substrate

a first heat-resistant layer disposed on one surface of the porous substrate and comprising first inorganic particles; and

a second heat-resistant layer included on an opposite surface of the porous substrate and comprising second inorganic particles,

wherein a density of the first heat-resistant layer is smaller than a density of the second heat-resistant layer,

wherein a ratio (F2/F1) of air permeability (F2, sec/100 mL) in a curved surface of the separator with a radius of curvature of 10 mm to air permeability (F1, sec/100 mL) in a flat surface of the separator is 1.0 to 1.5.

2 . The separator of claim 1 , wherein the porous substrate comprises one selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, polybutylene, polymethyl pentene, ethylene vinyl acetate, ethylene butyl acrylate, ethylene ethyl acrylate, and a combination or copolymer of two or more thereof.

3 . The separator of claim 1 , wherein when the separator is incorporated in a battery having an electrode assembly in which electrodes are disposed on both surfaces of the separator and wound or bent according to a predetermined specification,

the first heat-resistant layer faces an inside of the battery and the second heat-resistant layer faces an outside of the battery.

4 . The separator of claim 3 , wherein the first heat-resistant layer further comprises a first binder that adheres at least some of the first inorganic particles at predetermined intervals,

the first binder comprises a water-insoluble polymer,

a content of the water-insoluble polymer in the first binder is 40 to 90 wt %, and

the density of the first heat-resistant layer is 1.6 g/m 2 or less.

5 . The separator of claim 4 , wherein the second heat-resistant layer further comprises a second binder that adheres at least some of the second inorganic particles at predetermined intervals,

the second binder comprises a water-soluble polymer,

a content of the water-soluble polymer in the second binder is 70 wt % or more, and

the density of the second heat-resistant layer is 1.7 g/m 2 or more.

6 . The separator of claim 1 , wherein the first inorganic particles are one selected from the group consisting of SiO 2 , AlO(OH), Mg(OH) 2 , Al(OH) 3 , TiO 2 , BaTiO 3 , Li 2 O, LiF, LiOH, Li 3 N, BaO, Na 2 O, Li 2 CO 3 , CaCO 3 , LiAlO 2 , Al 2 O 3 , SiO, SnO, SnO 2 , PbO 2 , ZnO, P 2 O 5 , CuO, MOO, V 2 O 5 , B 2 O 3 , Si 3 N 4 , CeO 2 , Mn 3 O 4 , Sn 2 P 2 O 7 , Sn 2 B 2 O 5 , Sn 2 BPO 6 , and a combination of two or more thereof.

7 . The separator of claim 1 , wherein the second inorganic particles are one selected from the group consisting of SiO 2 , AlO(OH), Mg(OH) 2 , Al(OH) 3 , TiO 2 , BaTiO 3 , Li 2 O, LiF, LiOH, Li 3 N, BaO, Na 2 O, Li 2 CO 3 , CaCO 3 , LiAlO 2 , Al 2 O 3 , SiO, SnO, SnO 2 , PbO 2 , ZnO, P 2 O 5 , CuO, MoO, V 2 O 5 , B 2 O 3 , Si 3 N 4 , CeO 2 , Mn 3 O 4 , Sn 2 P 2 O 7 , Sn 2 B 2 O 5 , Sn 2 BPO 6 , and a combination of two or more thereof.

8 . The separator of claim 4 , wherein the water-insoluble polymer is one selected from the group consisting of polyvinylidene fluoride, polyvinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene, polyvinylidene fluoride-trichloroethylene, polymethylmethacrylate, polyacrylonitrile, ethylene vinyl acetate, polyvinyl butyral, an acrylonitrile-acrylic acid copolymer, an ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer, a styrene-butadiene copolymer, an alkyl acrylate-acrylonitrile copolymer, an acryl-styrene copolymer, acrylic rubber, and a combination of two or more thereof.

9 . The separator of claim 5 , wherein the water-soluble polymer is one selected from the group consisting of polyacrylic acid, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinyl acetate, polyimide, cellulose acetate, cellulose acetate butyrate, cellulose acetate propionate, cyanoethyl pullulan, cyanoethyl polyvinyl alcohol, cyanoethyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, cyanoethyl sucrose, pullulan, carboxymethylcellulose, polyvinyl alcohol, polyethylene oxide, polyethylene glycol, and a combination of two or more thereof.

10 . An electrochemical device, comprising the separator of claim 1 .