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US 12,614,732 · App. 17/906,285 · Granted Apr 28, 2026

Composition for electrochemical device functional layer, functional layer for electrochemical device, laminate for electrochemical device, and electrochemical device

Inventors: Kazuki Takagi (Tokyo, JP); Takuya Kaneda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
H01M4/622H01G11/26H01G11/52H01M4/628H01M10/0525H01M50/446H01M50/449H01M2004/021Y02P70/50
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Patent No.
US 12,614,732
App. No.
17/906,285
Granted
Apr 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A composition for an electrochemical device functional layer contains non-conductive heat-resistant particles and a particulate polymer having a particle diameter distribution value (Dv/Dn) of not less than 1.00 and less than 1.10.

Claims (9)

1 . A functional layer for an electrochemical device, comprising: a non-conductive heat-resistant particle layer containing non-conductive heat-resistant particles; and a particulate polymer, wherein

the particulate polymer is dispersed in the non-conductive heat-resistant particle layer,

the particulate polymer has a particle diameter distribution value, expressed by Dv/Dn, of not less than 1.00 and less than 1.10, where Dv is a value for volume-average particle diameter of the particulate polymer and Dn is a value for number-average particle diameter of the particulate polymer, and

a buried fraction of the particulate polymer in the non-conductive heat-resistant particle layer is 30% or less,

wherein the buried fraction is a value that indicates a proportion of the number of particles of the particulate polymer that are buried in the non-conductive heat-resistant particle layer among 100 arbitrarily selected particles of the particulate polymer contained in the functional layer, and a particle of the particulate polymer is determined to be buried when the particle is completely buried in the non-conductive heat-resistant particle layer and does not have a section protruding from a surface of the non-conductive heat-resistant particle layer.

2 . The functional layer for an electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein a value obtained by dividing the volume-average particle diameter Dv of the particulate polymer by layer thickness of the non-conductive heat-resistant particle layer is not less than 0.75 and not more than 4.00.

3 . The functional layer for an electrochemical device according to claim 2 , wherein the value obtained by dividing the volume-average particle diameter Dv of the particulate polymer by the layer thickness of the non-conductive heat-resistant particle layer is more than 1.00.

4 . A laminate for an electrochemical device comprising the functional layer for an electrochemical device according to claim 1 stacked on a substrate.

5 . An electrochemical device comprising the functional layer for an electrochemical device according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2022
From: TAKAGI, KAZUKI; KANEDA, TAKUYA
To: ZEON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061090/0415 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-064584 · Mar 31, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230155131A1 · May 18, 2023
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