IP Library Granted Patent US 10,454,087
Granted Patent B2
US 10,454,087 · App. 15/484,200 · Granted Oct 22, 2019

Separator for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery containing thereof

Inventors: Dong Jin Joo (Daejeon, KR); Yun Bong Kim (Daejeon, KR); Su Ji Lee (Daejeon, KR); Kyu Young Cho (Daejeon, KR)
Assignees: SK Innovation Co., Ltd.; SK IE Technology Co., Ltd.
H01M2/1686H01M2/166H01M2/1653H01M10/0525
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Patent No.
US 10,454,087
App. No.
15/484,200
Granted
Oct 22, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a separator for a lithium secondary battery in which an entire thickness of the separator and a ratio of a heat-resistant layer included in the separator satisfy specific ranges, respectively, and a battery including the same. The separator has significantly excellent heat resistance and mechanical strength, and it is possible to manufacture a high capacity and high output battery using the separator, thereby making it possible to significantly improve safety even in the high capacity and the high output battery.

Claims (13)

1. A separator for a lithium secondary battery comprising:

a polyolefin based microporous stretched film; and

a heat-resistant layer formed on one surface or both surfaces of the polyolefin based microporous stretched film,

wherein the heat-resistant layer is made of a mixture containing inorganic particles and a polymer binder, and the separator for a lithium secondary battery satisfies the following Equations (1) and (2):

10 μm≤ T t ≤40 μm  (1)

0.9≤ T 1 /T 2   (2)

(in Equation (1), T t is an entire thickness of the separator, and in Equation (2), T 1 is a total thickness (μm) of the heat-resistant layer, and T 2 is a thickness (μm) of the microporous stretched film);

wherein the separator has a tensile strength of 1 kgf/cm or more; and

wherein, in the separator, the total thickness T 1 (μm) of the heat-resistant layer is 7.0 μm≤T 1 ≤22.0 μm, and the thickness T 2 (μm) of the microporous stretched film is 4.0 μm≤T 2 ≤16.0 μm.

2. The separator for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the polyolefin based microporous stretched film is made of one or more polyolefins selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, and copolymers thereof.

3. The separator for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the inorganic particles are inorganic particles made of one or more selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxides such as alumina, Boehmite, and the like, barium titanium oxide, titanium oxide, magnesium oxide, clay, glass powder, boron nitride, and aluminum nitride.

4. The separator for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the polymer binder is one or more polymer binders selected from the group consisting of polyvinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene (PVdF-HFP), polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), polyacrylonitrile (PAN), polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyimide, polyethylene oxide (PEO), cellulose acetate, polyvinylalcohol (PVA), carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), and polybutylacrylate.

5. A lithium secondary battery comprising the separator for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2019
From: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
To: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.; SK IE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050007/0637 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 041955 FRAME: 0872. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jul 5, 2019
From: JOO, DONG JIN; KIM, YUN BONG; LEE, SU JI; CHO, KYU YOUNG
To: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049679/0492 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2017
From: JOO, DONG JIN; KIM, YUN BONG; LEE, SU JI; CHO, KYU YOUNG
To: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041955/0872 →