Separator for electricity storage device, laminate and porous film
An object is to provide a separator excellent in adhesiveness to electrodes and a separator for an electricity storage device also excellent in handling performance. A separator for an electricity storage device having a polyolefin microporous film and a thermoplastic polymer coating layer covering at least a part of at least one of surfaces of the polyolefin microporous film, in which the thermoplastic polymer coating layer, on the polyolefin microporous film, has a portion containing a thermoplastic polymer and a portion not containing the thermoplastic polymer in a sea-island configuration, the thermoplastic polymer coating layer contains the thermoplastic polymer having at least two glass-transition temperatures, at least one of the glass-transition temperatures is in a range of less than 20° C. and at least one of the glass-transition temperatures is in a range of 20° C. or more.
1. A porous film having a polyolefin microporous film and a thermoplastic polymer coating layer covering at least a part of at least one of surfaces of the polyolefin microporous film, wherein
the thermoplastic polymer coating layer contains a thermoplastic polymer having a glass-transition temperature in a range of −10° C. or more and 40° C. or less,
a degree of swelling of the thermoplastic polymer with an electrolytic solution of 5 times or less,
the thermoplastic polymer coating layer has a portion containing the thermoplastic polymer formed in a dot pattern,
the thermoplastic polymer coating layer has an average thickness of 1.5 μm or less, and
a content of the thermoplastic polymer is 0.05 g/m 2 or more and 1.0 g/m 2 or less.
2. The porous film according to claim 1 , wherein an area ratio of the polyolefin microporous film covered with the thermoplastic polymer coating layer is 70% or less based on 100% of a total area of the polyolefin microporous film.
3. The porous film according to claim 1 , wherein the thermoplastic polymer has a gel fraction of 90% or more.
4. The porous film according to claim 1 , wherein the dots in the dot pattern have an average major axis of 20 to 1000 μm.
5. The porous film according to claim 1 , wherein an interval of dots in the dot pattern is 5 microns to 500 microns.
6. The porous film according to claim 1 , wherein the thermoplastic polymer is selected from the group consisting of a diene polymer, an acrylic polymer and a fluorine polymer.