BATTERY SEPARATOR AND BATTERY
Provided are a battery separator with which a battery with improved safety can be formed, and a battery including the separator. The battery separator of the present invention includes a multilayer porous film including at least a resin porous film (I) and a heat-resistant porous layer (II) predominantly composed of heat-resistant fine particles. The battery separator shuts down at a temperature of 100 to 150° C. and at a speed of 50 Ω/min·cm 2 or higher. The battery of the present invention includes a positive electrode having an active material capable of intercalating and deintercalating Li ions, a negative electrode having an active material capable of intercalating and deintercalating Li ions, an organic electrolyte and the battery separator of the present invention.
1 . A battery separator comprising a multilayer porous film comprising at least a resin porous film (I) and a heat-resistant porous layer (II) predominantly composed of heat-resistant fine particles, wherein the battery separator shuts down at a temperature of 100 to 150° C. and at a speed of 50 Ω/min·cm 2 or higher.
2 . The battery separator according to claim 1 , wherein a post-shutdown resistance of the battery separator is 500 Ω/min·cm 2 or higher.
3 . The battery separator according to claim 1 , wherein the resin porous film (I) is a laminated film having a plurality of layers, and at least two of the plurality of layers are predominantly composed of different types of resins.
4 . The battery separator according to claim 3 , wherein the resin porous film (I) is a laminated film including a layer predominantly composed of a resin having a melting point of 80 to 150° C. and a layer predominantly composed of a resin having a melting point of higher than 150° C., and the layer predominantly composed of the resin having a melting point of higher than 150° C. is disposed between the heat-resistant porous layer (II) and the layer predominantly composed of the resin having a melting point of 80 to 150° C.
5 . The battery separator according to claim 4 , wherein the layer predominantly composed of the resin having a melting point of higher than 150° C. that is disposed between the heat-resistant porous layer (II) and the layer predominantly composed of the resin having a melting point of 80 to 150° C. has a thickness of 2 μm or more.
6 . The battery separator according to claim 1 , wherein the resin porous film (I) is made of polyolefin.
7 . The battery separator according to claim 1 , wherein the heat-resistant fine particles included in the heat-resistant porous layer (II) are fine particles of at least one selected from the group consisting of alumina, silica and boehmite.
8 . The battery separator according to claim 1 , wherein at least portion of the heat-resistant fine particles included in the heat-resistant porous layer (II) comprises plate-like particles.
9 . The battery separator according to claim 1 , wherein at least portion of the heat-resistant fine particles included in the heat-resistant porous layer (II) comprises fine particles having a structure of secondary particle which primary particles are agglomerated to form.
10 . A battery comprising a positive electrode having an active material capable of intercalating and deintercalating an Li ion, a negative electrode having an active material capable of intercalating and deintercalating an Li ion, an organic electrolyte and the battery separator according to claim 1 .