IP Library Granted Patent US 11,784,343
Granted Patent B2
US 11,784,343 · App. 16/489,072 · Granted Oct 10, 2023

Separator for electricity storage devices, and electricity storage device

Inventors: Masato Murakami (Tokyo, JP); Shintaro Inaba (Tokyo, JP); Shinya Hisamitsu (Tokyo, JP); Daisuke Inagaki (Tokyo, JP); Hiroshi Hatayama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
H01M10/0525H01M50/417H01M50/491H01M50/489
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Patent No.
US 11,784,343
App. No.
16/489,072
Granted
Oct 10, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A separator for electricity storage devices, which comprises a porous layer that contains a polyolefin resin and an ionic compound, and which is configured such that: the content of the ionic compound in the porous layer is from 5% by mass to 99% by mass (inclusive); and the degree of whiteness of this separator is more than 98.0.

Claims (14)

1. A separator configured for a lithium-ion secondary battery, which has a porous layer comprising a mixture of a polyolefin resin and an ionic compound, wherein a content of the ionic compound in the porous layer is 86% by weight or more and 99% by weight or less in the porous layer and a degree of whiteness of the separator is greater than 98.0, and the degree of whiteness is measured using a colorimeter under a condition that does not include a specular reflection light in a 2° viewing angle.

2. The separator configured for a lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the degree of whiteness is 98.5 or more and 105 or less.

3. The separator configured for a lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the polyolefin resin contains polyethylene having a viscosity-average molecular weight of 600,000 or more and 5,000,000 or less.

4. The separator configured for a lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a content of metal oxide in the separator for electricity storage devices is 10% by weight or less.

5. The separator configured for a lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the ionic compound has one or more anions selected from the group consisting of a sulfate ion, a nitrate ion, a phosphate ion, and a halide ion.

6. The separator configured for a lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the ionic compound has one or more cations selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal ion and an alkaline earth metal ion.

7. The separator configured for a lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the ionic compound is barium sulfate.

8. The separator configured for a lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein an average particle size of the ionic compound is 5 nm or more and 600 nm or less.

9. The separator configured for a lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein an average pore size of the separator for electricity storage devices is 10 nm or more and 100 nm or less.

10. The separator configured for a lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein an air permeability of the separator for electricity storage devices is 10 seconds/100 ml or longer and 500 seconds/100 ml or shorter.

11. The separator configured for a lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a puncture strength of the separator for electricity storage devices is 100 gf or more and 600 gf or less.

12. The separator configured for a lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a viscosity-average molecular weight of the polyolefin resin comprised in the separator for electricity storage devices is 300,000 or more and 5,000,000 or less.

13. An electricity storage device comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and the separator configured for a lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 1 .

14. The separator configured for a lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the separator is 20 μm or thinner, and the degree of whiteness is measured under a condition in which the separator is folded to a total thickness of 20 μm or more.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jan 21, 2025
From: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: ASAHI KASEI BATTERY SEPARATOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 069933/0495 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2019
From: MURAKAMI, MASATO; INABA, SHINTARO; HISAMITSU, SHINYA; INAGAKI, DAISUKE; HATAYAMA, HIROSHI
To: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 050185/0070 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-217832 · Nov 10, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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