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Granted Patent B2
US 11,804,635 · App. 16/962,401 · Granted Oct 31, 2023

Crosslinked polyolefin separator having inorganic coating layer and high power secondary battery comprising the same

Inventors: Su Rim Lee (Daejeon, KR); Soon Hyung Choi (Daejeon, KR); Seok Koo Kim (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
H01M50/449H01M10/0525H01M50/411H01M50/443H01M50/446
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Patent No.
US 11,804,635
App. No.
16/962,401
Granted
Oct 31, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A separator comprising a crosslinked polyolefin substrate having a plurality of pores and an inorganic coating layer having internal pores formed on at least one surface of the crosslinked polyolefin substrate. The inorganic coating layer on the at least one surface of the crosslinked polyolefin substrate has internal pores formed by an immersion phase separation method, and a high power secondary battery including the same.

Claims (18)

1. A separator for secondary batteries, comprising:

a crosslinked polyolefin substrate having a plurality of pores; and

an inorganic coating layer having internal pores formed on at least one surface of the crosslinked polyolefin substrate by immersion phase separation,

wherein the inorganic coating layer on the at least one surface of the crosslinked polyolefin substrate has a total thickness greater than 1 μm,

wherein the crosslinked polyolefin substrate is formed by a silane water crosslinking method,

wherein the immersion phase separation is prepared by adding a non-solvent to an inorganic coating solution, and then the crosslinked polyolefin substrate is coated with the inorganic coating solution and dried to form the inorganic coating layer,

wherein the immersion phase separation forms three-dimensional pores separated by a first region and a second region, wherein the first region comprises a larger amount of polymer than the second region, and wherein the first and second regions are connected to each other,

wherein a thickness (A) of the crosslinked polyolefin substrate, one side thickness (B) of the inorganic coating layer on the at least one surface of the crosslinked polyolefin substrate, and a thickness (C) of the entire separator for secondary batteries satisfy the following relationship:

7 μm≤ A≤ 12 μm,

1 μm< B≤ 8 μm, and

8 μm< C≤ 17 μm,

wherein the inorganic coating layer comprises a mixture of inorganic particles and a binder polymer, and the inorganic particles are at least one of dielectric inorganic particles having a dielectric constant of 5 or more, inorganic particles having piezoelectricity, or inorganic particles having lithium ion transfer ability,

wherein the binder polymer is at least one selected from the group consisting of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVdF), polyvinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polyacrylonitrile, polyvinylidene fluoride-trichloroethylene, polyvinylidene fluoride-chlorotrifluoroethylene (PVdF-CTFE), polymethyl methacrylate, polyvinyl acetate, ethylene-co-vinyl acetate copolymer, polyethylene oxide, cellulose acetate, cellulose acetate butyrate, cellulose acetate propionate, cyanoethyl pullulan, cyanoethyl polyvinyl alcohol, cyanoethyl cellulose, cyanoethyl sucrose, pullulan, carboxymethyl cellulose, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene copolymer, polyacrylonitrile-styrene copolymer, gelatin, polyethylene glycol, polyethylene glycol dimethyl ether, ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer (EPDM), sulfonated EPDM, styrene butadiene rubber (SBR), tetrafluoroethylene (TFE), and fluoro rubber, and

wherein the inorganic particles are at least one selected from the group consisting of Al 2 O 3 , SiO 2 , MgO, TiO 2 and BaTiO 3 .

2. The separator for secondary batteries according to claim 1 , wherein the crosslinked polyolefin substrate has a cross-linking degree of 10% or more.

3. The separator for secondary batteries according to claim 1 , wherein the crosslinked polyolefin substrate has a meltdown temperature of 180° C. or more.

4. The separator for secondary batteries according to claim 1 , wherein the binder polymer further comprises at least one selected from among a phenolic-based compound comprising at least one of baicalin, luteolin, taxifolin, myricetin, quercetin, rutin, catechin, epigallocatechin gallate, butein, piceatannol, tannic acid, and pyrogallic acid; amylose; amylopectin; xanthan gum; and an aqueous or non-aqueous polymer consisting of fatty acid system.

5. A secondary battery comprising the separator for secondary batteries according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2021
From: LG CHEM, LTD.
To: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058295/0068 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2020
From: LEE, SU RIM; CHOI, SOON HYUNG; KIM, SEOK KOO
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 053227/0645 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0133847 · Nov 2, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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