Porous film, secondary battery electrodes, and lithium ion secondary battery
In regards with the porous film provided on the surface of the electrode used for the secondary battery or so, the present invention provides the porous film which can contribute to reduce the adhered material to the roll during the roll winding of the electrode. The secondary battery electrode formed by adhering; the porous film comprising the inorganic filler and the binder, and styrene and the polymer having the glass transition temperature of 15° C. or less as said binder, the porous film slurry comprising the inorganic filler, the polymer having the glass transition temperature of 15° C. or less and the solvent, and the electrode composite layer comprising the binder and the electrode active material, to the current collector, and said porous film is provided on the surface of the electrode composite layer.
1. A porous film comprising an inorganic filler, and a binder; wherein the porous film comprises a styrene resin having a glass transition temperature of 40° C. or higher, a polymer having a glass transition temperature of 15° C. or less as said binder, and a content of the styrene resin in said binder is 5 wt % or more and 70 wt % or less.
2. The porous film as set forth in claim 1 , wherein a content ratio of the binder in said porous film is 0.1 to 5 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of said inorganic filler.
3. A slurry for preparing the porous film as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said slurry comprises the inorganic filler, the styrene resin having a glass transition temperature of 40° C. or higher, the polymer having a glass transition temperature of 15° C. or less and a solvent, and wherein the content of the styrene resin in said binder is 5 wt % or more and 70 wt % or less.
4. A method for producing the porous film comprising: coating the slurry for a porous film as set forth in claim 3 on a substrate, and then drying the same.
5. An electrode for a secondary battery wherein an electrode composite layer comprising a binder for an electrode and an electrode active material is adhered to a current collector, and the porous film as set forth in claim 1 is provided on the surface of said electrode composite layer.
6. A lithium ion secondary battery comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte solution wherein at least one of the positive electrode or the negative electrode is the secondary battery electrode as set forth in claim 5 .
7. The porous film as set forth in claim 1 , wherein a weight average molecular weight obtained by a gel permeation chromatography of the styrene resin having the glass transition temperature of 40° C. or higher is within a range of 10,000 to 600,000.
8. The porous film as set forth in claim 1 , wherein a content of a hydrophilic functional group in the polymer having a glass transition temperature of 15° C. or less is within a range of 0.3 wt % to 40 wt % with respect to 100 wt % of an entire content of a monomer as an amount of a monomer comprising the hydrophilic functional group during a polymerization.
9. The porous film as set forth in claim 1 , wherein a content of the polymer having a glass transition temperature of 15° C. or less is 30 to 95 wt %.
10. The porous film as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said porous film is roll wound.