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US 12,212,017 · App. 16/969,176 · Granted Jan 28, 2025

Separator for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery comprising same

Inventors: Jungyoon Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Gain Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Yongkyoung Kim (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
H01M50/44H01M4/622H01M10/052H01M50/414H01M50/417H01M50/42H01M50/443H01M50/457H01M50/489
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Patent No.
US 12,212,017
App. No.
16/969,176
Granted
Jan 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a separator for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery comprising same. The separator for a lithium secondary battery comprises: a porous substrate; and a coating layer disposed on at least one side of the porous substrate, wherein the coating layer contains heat-resistant organic particles, an organic heat-resistant binder, and an organic adhesive binder, wherein the heat-resistant organic particles have a thermal decomposition temperature of 150° C. or higher and a particle diameter of 100 nm to 300 nm, the organic heat-resistant binder is a first organic material having a glass transition temperature of 130° C. to 200° C., the organic adhesive binder is a second organic material having a glass transition temperature of −40° C. or lower, and the mixing weight ratio of the organic heat-resistant binder and the organic adhesive binder is 7:3 to 9:1.

Claims (20)

1. A separator for a lithium secondary battery comprising:

a porous substrate; and

a coating layer disposed on both sides of the porous substrate,

wherein each coating layer contains heat-resistant organic particles, an organic heat-resistant binder, and an organic adhesive binder,

wherein the heat-resistant organic particles include a crosslinked polymer,

wherein the crosslinked polymer is crosslinked polymethyl(meth)acrylate,

wherein the organic heat-resistant binder is polyvinylpyrrolidone,

wherein the organic adhesive binder is poly 2-ethylhexylacrylate, and

wherein a mixing weight ratio of the organic heat-resistant binder and the organic adhesive binder is 7:3 to 9:1,

wherein a ratio of the weight of the heat-resistant organic particles and the total weight of the organic heat-resistant binder and the organic adhesive binder is 30:1 to 20:1,

wherein each coating layer has a thickness of 0.1 μm to 3 μm,

wherein the porous substrate comprises a polyethylene film having a thickness of 3 μm to 20 μm,

wherein an average particle diameter of the heat-resistant organic particles is 200 nm,

wherein a coating layer composition for forming the coating layer comprises 28 parts by weight of a solvent per 100 parts by weight of the coating layer composition, and

wherein the solvent is water.

2. The separator of claim 1 , wherein the heat-resistant organic particles comprise a core/shell structure.

3. The separator of claim 1 , wherein a puncture strength of the porous substrate is greater than or equal to 250 gf, a puncture strength per separator thickness is greater than or equal to 8 gf/mm, a breakdown voltage (BDV) of the separator is greater than or equal to 0.5 kV, an elongation ratio in a transverse direction (TD) of the separator is 100% or greater, and an average thermal shrinkage rate in a longitudinal direction (MD) and in the transverse direction (TD) of the separator at 130° C. for 5 minutes is 5% or less.

4. The separator of claim 1 , wherein an iron content in the separator is 10 ppm or less.

5. The separator of claim 1 , wherein each coating layer has a thickness of 0.1 μm to 3 μm, wherein the separator has a density of 0.5 g/m 2 to 1 g/m 2 and wherein the separator has an air permeability of 100 sec/100 cc to 400 sec/100 cc.

6. A lithium secondary battery comprising: a positive electrode, a negative electrode; and the separator of claim 1 interposed therebetween.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2020
From: LEE, JUNGYOON; KIM, GAIN
To: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053479/0225 →
INFORMATION AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 12, 2020
From: KIM, YONGKYOUNG
To: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054583/0575 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0017065 · Feb 12, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200403205A1 · Dec 24, 2020
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