IP Library Granted Patent US 12,586,867
Granted Patent B2
US 12,586,867 · App. 17/688,209 · Granted Mar 24, 2026

Porous composite separator for secondary battery and lithium secondary battery including the same

Inventors: Jeong Han Kim (Daejeon, KR); Whee Sung Kim (Daejeon, KR); Yun Kyung Jo (Daejeon, KR); Jae Woong Kim (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: SK On Co., Ltd.
H01M50/446H01M4/623H01M10/0525
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Patent No.
US 12,586,867
App. No.
17/688,209
Granted
Mar 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a composite separator for a secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same, and specifically, a composite separator for a secondary battery showing excellent physical properties such as thermal safety and electrochemical safety, and a lithium secondary battery including the separator are provided.

Claims (25)

1 . A porous composite separator comprising:

a porous substrate; and

a porous coating layer formed by coating one or both surfaces of the porous substrate with a slurry including a gas adsorbent and a binder,

wherein the gas adsorbent is coated or adsorbed with an inorganic acid, and

wherein a content of the inorganic acid relative to a weight of the gas adsorbent is 0.1 to 5 wt %.

2 . The porous composite separator of claim 1 , wherein the inorganic acid is any one or a mixture of two or more selected from inorganic acids including fluorine, sulfur, and nitrogen.

3 . The porous composite separator of claim 1 , wherein the gas adsorbent is any one or a mixture of two or more selected from porous carbon materials, porous metal organic frameworks, porous silica gel, and zeolites.

4 . The porous composite separator of claim 1 , wherein an average size of the gas adsorbent is 5 μm or less.

5 . The porous composite separator of claim 1 , wherein an average pore size of the gas adsorbent is 50 nm or less.

6 . The porous composite separator of claim 1 , wherein a specific surface area of the gas adsorbent by BET measurement is 50 m 2 /g or more.

7 . The porous composite separator of claim 1 , wherein a CO 2 adsorption amount of the gas adsorbent measured at 25° C. under 1 atm is 50 cc/g or more.

8 . The porous composite separator of claim 1 , wherein the porous coating layer is applied on 80% or more of an area of the porous substrate.

9 . The porous composite separator of claim 1 , wherein the binder is any one or a mixture of two or more selected from polyvinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene, polyvinylidene fluoride-co-trichloroethylene, polymethylmethacrylate, polyacrylonitrile, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinyl acetate, polyethylene-co-vinyl acetate, polyimide, polyethylene oxide, cellulose acetate, cellulose acetate butyrate, cellulose acetate propionate, cyanoethylpullulan, cyanoethyl polyvinyl alcohol, cyanoethyl cellulose, cyanoethyl sucrose, pullulan, carboxyl methyl cellulose, and polyvinyl alcohol.

10 . The porous composite separator of claim 1 , wherein the porous composite separator has a thickness of 5 to 100 μm.

11 . The porous composite separator of claim 1 , wherein the porous composite separator has a thermal shrinkage measured at 150° C. of 5% or less.

12 . The porous composite separator of claim 1 , wherein the porous composite separator has a puncture strength of 420 gf or more as measured in accordance with a measurement method of ASTM D3763-02.

13 . The porous composite separator of claim 1 , wherein a number of charge and discharge cycles until SOH of a battery including the porous composite separator is 70% is 1000 or more.

14 . A lithium secondary battery comprising the porous composite separator of claim 1 .

15 . The lithium secondary battery of claim 14 , wherein an energy density of a positive electrode active material of the lithium secondary battery is 400 Wh/g or more.

16 . The porous composite separator of claim 1 , wherein the porous coating layer does not include inorganic particles which are different from the gas adsorbent.

17 . The porous composite separator of claim 1 , wherein the inorganic acid is any one or a mixture of two selected from inorganic acids including fluorine, and nitrogen.

18 . A porous composite separator comprising:

a porous substrate; and

a porous coating layer formed by coating one or both surfaces of the porous substrate with a slurry including a gas adsorbent and a binder,

wherein the gas adsorbent is coated or adsorbed with an inorganic acid including fluorine.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 7, 2022
From: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
To: SK ON CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062034/0198 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2022
From: KIM, JEONG HAN; KIM, WHEE SUNG; JO, YUN KYUNG
To: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059185/0814 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0030133 · Mar 8, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220285788A1 · Sep 8, 2022
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