IP Library Granted Patent US 10,680,223
Granted Patent B2
US 10,680,223 · App. 15/147,399 · Granted Jun 9, 2020

Laminated separator, polyolefin microporous membrane, and separator for electricity storage device

Inventors: Masahiro Ohashi (Tokyo, JP); Keitaro Ameyama (Tokyo, JP); Yuzuru Sakakibara (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Asahi Kasei E-materials Corporation
H01M2/1686B29C48/0018B29C67/202B32B27/08B32B27/18B32B27/205B32B27/32H01M2/145H01M2/166H01M2/1653H01M10/0525B29K2023/12B29L2031/755B32B2250/03B32B2250/24B32B2250/242B32B2250/40B32B2264/102B32B2270/00B32B2305/026B32B2305/30B32B2307/306B32B2307/518B32B2307/724H01M10/052Y02T10/7011
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Patent No.
US 10,680,223
App. No.
15/147,399
Granted
Jun 9, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a laminated separator including a first polyolefin microporous layer and a second polyolefin microporous layer which is laminated on the first polyolefin microporous layer and which is different from the first polyolefin microporous layer, wherein at least one of the first microporous layer and the second microporous layer includes an inorganic particle having a primary particle size of 1 nm or more and 80 nm or less.

Claims (27)

1. A laminated separator comprising:

first polyolefin microporous layers and

a second polyolefin microporous layer which is laminated on the first polyolefin microporous layers and which is different from the first polyolefin microporous layers,

wherein at least one of the first polyolefin microporous layers and the second polyolefin microporous layer comprise an inorganic filler (i) having a primary particle size of 10 nm or more and 80 nm or less and (ii) comprising silica and/or alumina, and

wherein the inorganic filler has a concentration of 20% by mass or more and 60% by mass or less in a total amount of the polyolefin and the inorganic filler in the first polyolefin microporous layers.

2. The laminated separator according to claim 1 , wherein the primary particle size is 13 nm or more and 80 nm or less.

3. The laminated separator according to claim 1 , wherein the primary particle size is 10 nm or more and 63 nm or less.

4. The laminated separator according to claim 1 , wherein the primary particle size is 13 nm or more and 50 nm or less.

5. The laminated separator according to claim 1 , wherein an amount of polypropylene in a first polyolefin resin in the first polyolefin microporous layers is 40% by mass or more.

6. The laminated separator according to claim 1 , wherein the first polyolefin microporous layers comprise a first polyolefin resin comprising polypropylene.

7. The laminated separator according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of each of the first polyolefin microporous layers is 0.5 μm or more and 3 μm or less.

8. The laminated separator according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the inorganic filler in each of the first polyolefin microporous layers is different from a content of the inorganic filler in the second polyolefin microporous layer.

9. The laminated separator according to claim 1 , wherein the laminated separator comprises a two-type three-layer structure comprising the first polyolefin microporous layers as surface layers and the second polyolefin microporous layer as an intermediate layer.

10. The laminated separator according to claim 1 , wherein the second polyolefin microporous layer comprises a second polyolefin resin.

11. The laminated separator according to claim 10 , wherein the second polyolefin resin comprises polyethylene and/or polypropylene.

12. The laminated separator according to claim 10 , wherein the second polyolefin resin comprises polyolefin selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, polybutene, ethylene-propylene rubber, propylene-ethylene copolymer, and propylene-α-olefin copolymer.

13. The laminated separator according to claim 1 , wherein concentration C2 of inorganic filler in a total amount of the polyolefin and the inorganic filler in the second polyolefin microporous layer is 0% by mass or more and 40% by mass or less.

14. The laminated separator according to claim 13 , wherein a difference between concentration C1 of the inorganic filler in the total amount of the polyolefin and the inorganic filler in the first polyolefin microporous layers and concentration C2 of the inorganic filler in the total amount of the polyolefin and the inorganic filler in the second polyolefin microporous layer is from 10% by mass to 60% by mass.

15. The laminated separator according to claim 13 , wherein a difference between concentration C1 of the inorganic filler in the total amount of the polyolefin and the inorganic filler in the first polyolefin microporous layers and concentration C2 of the inorganic filler in the total amount of the polyolefin and the inorganic filler in the second polyolefin microporous layer is from 20% by mass to 60% by mass.

16. The laminated separator according to claim 1 , wherein

both the first polyolefin microporous layers and the second polyolefin microporous layer comprise the inorganic filler (i) having primary particle size of 10 nm or more and 80 nm or less and (ii) comprising silica and/or alumina, and

a difference between concentration C1 of the inorganic filler in the total amount of the polyolefin and the inorganic filler in the first polyolefin microporous layers and concentration C2 of inorganic filler in a total amount of the polyolefin and the inorganic filler in the second polyolefin microporous layer is from 10% by mass to 60% by mass.

17. The laminated separator according to claim 16 , wherein the primary particle size is 13 nm or more and 50 nm or less.

18. The laminated separator according to claim 1 , wherein

both the first polyolefin microporous layers and the second polyolefin microporous layer comprise the inorganic filler (i) having primary particle size of 10 nm or more and 80 nm or less and (ii) comprising silica and/or alumina, and

a difference between concentration C1 of the inorganic filler in the total amount of the polyolefin and the inorganic filler in the first polyolefin microporous layers and concentration C2 of the inorganic filler in a total amount of the polyolefin and the inorganic filler in the second polyolefin microporous layer is from 20% by mass to 60% by mass.

19. The laminated separator according to claim 18 , wherein the primary particle size is 13 nm or more and 50 nm or less.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Jan 21, 2025
From: ASAHI KASEI E-MATERIALS CORPORATION
To: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 069933/0428 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jan 21, 2025
From: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: ASAHI KASEI BATTERY SEPARATOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 069933/0495 →
Priority Claims (6)
JP 2009-054795 · Mar 9, 2009 · national
JP 2009-064533 · Mar 17, 2009 · national
JP 2009-280486 · Dec 10, 2009 · national
JP 2009-280488 · Dec 10, 2009 · national
JP 2010-021859 · Feb 3, 2010 · national
JP 2010-022481 · Feb 3, 2010 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14302213 · Jun 11, 2014
Division 13255424
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