IP Library Granted Patent US 8,628,873
Granted Patent B2
US 8,628,873 · App. 12/514,780 · Granted Jan 14, 2014

Separator for lithium ion secondary battery and method for manufacturing the same

Inventors: Shinya Kawasoe (Tokyo, JP); Hiroshi Hatayama (Tokyo, JP); Takashi Ikemoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,628,873
App. No.
12/514,780
Granted
Jan 14, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A separator for a lithium ion secondary battery with an alloy based negative electrode, wherein a dynamic friction coefficient of at least one surface is 0.1 or more and 0.4 or less, and a method for manufacturing the same.

Claims (13)

1. A lithium ion secondary battery with an alloy based negative electrode containing a separator, wherein the separator has

a dynamic friction coefficient in a machine direction and/or in a transverse direction of at least one surface is 0.1 or more and 0.4 or less, and wherein

the dynamic friction coefficient is measured for a sample with a sample size of a width of 50 mm and a length in a measurement direction of 200 mm for three times in each of the machine direction and/or transverse direction by using a friction tester KES-SE manufactured by KATO TECH Co., Ltd. on the measuring condition that there is: a load of 50 g; a contactor area of 10 (10=100 mm 2 (20 piano wires made of 0.5 mmφ hard stainless steel SUS304 wound without any space between and overlapping with each other)); a contactor forwarding speed of 1 mm/sec; a tensile force of 6 kPa; a temperature of 25° C.; and a humidity of 50%; and the average of the resultant values was determined, and wherein

the alloy based negative electrode comprises at least one of a tin based alloy element and a silicon based alloy element which can occlude and release lithium as a negative electrode active substance.

2. The lithium ion secondary battery with an alloy based negative electrode containing a separator according to claim 1 , the separator having a thickness change allowance of 5 μm or more and 20 μm or less.

3. The lithium ion secondary battery with an alloy based negative electrode containing a separator according to claim 1 or 2 , the separator having a porosity of 10% or more and 80% or less.

4. The lithium ion secondary battery with an alloy based negative electrode containing a separator according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the separator comprises at least two layers.

5. The lithium ion secondary battery with an alloy based negative electrode containing a separator according to claim 1 or 2 , the separator having an average pore diameter of from 0.01 to 0.1 μm and a thickness of from 1 to 50 μm.

6. The lithium ion secondary battery with an alloy based negative electrode containing a separator according to claim 1 or 2 , the separator having a puncture strength of 0.15 N/μm or more.

7. The lithium ion secondary battery with an alloy based negative electrode containing a separator according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein a main component of the separator is a polyolefin.

8. The lithium ion secondary battery with an alloy based negative electrode containing a separator according to claim 7 , wherein the polyolefin has a viscosity average molecular weight of 300,00 or more.

9. The lithium ion secondary battery with an alloy based negative electrode containing a separator according to claim 7 , wherein the polyolefin has a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of 3 or more and less than 10.

10. A method for manufacturing the lithium ion secondary battery with an alloy based negative electrode containing a separator according to claim 1 or 2 , comprising: (a) a step of melting and kneading a resin and a plasticizer; (b) a step of extruding the melted material into the form of a sheet, followed by cooling to solidify the sheet; (c) a step of drawing the sheet in at least one direction; (d) a step of extracting the plasticizer; and (e) a step of heat setting the sheet, wherein a heat setting temperature in step (e) is higher than a temperature which is 10° C. lower than the melting point of the main constituent resin of the separator, and is lower than the melting point of the main constituent resin.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Jan 21, 2025
From: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
To: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 069933/0317 →
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 Jan 29, 2010
From: KAWASOE, SHINYA; HATAYAMA, HIROSHI; IKEMOTO, TAKASHI
To: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023872/0173 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-307725 · Nov 14, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
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