IP Library Granted Patent US 11,050,095
Granted Patent B2
US 11,050,095 · App. 11/666,921 · Granted Jun 29, 2021

Separator for electrochemical device, and electrochemical device

Inventors: Hideaki Katayama (Osaka, JP); Toshihiro Abe (Osaka, JP); Nobuaki Matsumoto (Osaka, JP); Fusaji Kita (Osaka, JP); Shigeo Aoyama (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Maxell Holdings, Ltd.
H01M10/4235H01M50/411H01M50/431H01M50/44H01M4/131H01M4/133H01M10/0525H01M50/4295
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Patent No.
US 11,050,095
App. No.
11/666,921
Granted
Jun 29, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrochemical device having excellent safety at high temperature is provided by using a separator for an electrochemical device, which is made of a porous film comprising: a porous base ( 5 ) having a heat-resistant temperature of 150° C. or higher and including filler particles ( 3 ); at least one kind of shutdown resin ( 6 ) selected from the group consisting of resin A that has a melting point in a range of 80° C. to 130° C. and resin B that absorbs an electrolyte and swells due to heating, and the swelling degree is increased as the temperature rises; and a binder ( 4 ).

Claims (21)

1. A separator for an electrochemical device, comprising a porous film comprising a porous base and a shutdown resin, wherein

the porous base comprises a coating film and has a heat-resistant temperature of not lower than 150° C., the coating film being formed by integrating a number of filler particles with a binder,

wherein the filler particles include plate-like boehmite particles,

a content of the binder in the coating film is 2.4 to 4.8 mass %, and

the filler particles and the shutdown resin are separately distributed unevenly in the form of a layer parallel to a film face of the separator.

2. The separator for an electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein the porous base has a thickness of not more than 20 μm.

3. The separator for an electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein plate-shape surfaces of the plate-like boehmite particles are oriented to be parallel to a film surface of the porous base.

4. The separator for an electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein the filler particles include particles having an aspect ratio in a range of 2 to 10 as the plate-like boehmite particles.

5. A separator for an electrochemical device, comprising a porous film comprising a porous base and a resin, wherein

the porous base comprises a coating film and has a heat-resistant temperature of not lower than 150° C., the coating film being formed by integrating a number of filler particles with a binder,

the filler particles include plate-like boehmite particles,

the resin includes at least one shutdown resin selected from the group consisting of resin A that has a melting point in a range of 80° C. to 130° C., and resin B that absorbs an electrolyte and swells due to heating, and the swelling degree is increased as the temperature rises,

a percentage of the porous base is not less than 10 vol. % and not more than 90 vol. % of whole ingredients of the separator, the separator for an electrochemical device has a thickness of not more than 30 μm, and

the filler particles and the shutdown resin are separately distributed unevenly in the form of a layer parallel to a film face of the separator.

6. The separator for an electrochemical device according to claim 5 , wherein air permeability expressed as a Gurley value is in a range of 10 to 300 (sec/100 L).

7. The separator for an electrochemical device according to claim 5 , wherein the content of the shutdown resin is not less than 45.2 vol. % and not more than 80 vol. % of whole ingredients of the separator.

8. The separator for an electrochemical device according to claim 5 , wherein the separator has a porosity of 20% or more and 70% or less.

9. The separator for an electrochemical device according to claim 5 , wherein a content of the binder in the coating film of the porous base is 2.4 to 4.8 mass %.

10. An electrochemical device comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a nonaqueous electrolyte and a separator,

wherein the separator is the separator for an electrochemical device according to claim 5 .

11. The electrochemical device according to claim 10 , wherein the separator is integrated with the positive electrode or the negative electrode.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 3, 2021
From: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058301/0318 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 3, 2018
From: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.; MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
To: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 044997/0249 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2007
From: KATAYAMA, HIDEAKI; ABE, TOSHIHIRO; MATSUMOTO, NOBUAKI; KITA, FUSAJI; AOYAMA, SHIGEO
To: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 019288/0046 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP JP2004-354850 · Dec 8, 2004 · national
JP JP2005-232250 · Aug 10, 2005 · national
JP JP2005-309465 · Oct 25, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070264577A1 · Nov 15, 2007