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US 12,725,882 · App. 18/498,850 · Granted Sep 1, 2026

Binder, separator, and lithium-ion battery using such separator

Inventors: Lei Li (Ningde, CN); Haiyang Kang (Ningde, CN); Yi Zheng (Ningde, CN); Chengdong Sun (Ningde, CN); Shaohua Ai (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
H01M50/446H01M10/0525H01M50/434H01M50/443H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 12,725,882
App. No.
18/498,850
Granted
Sep 1, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

This application relates to the field of lithium battery technologies, and in particular, to a binder, a separator, and a lithium-ion battery using such separator, where the binder includes a terpolymer formed by copolymerization of a first monomer unit, a second monomer unit, and a third monomer unit that are specified.

Claims (16)

1 . A separator comprising a base layer and a binding layer stacked sequentially;

wherein the binding layer comprises a binder,

the binder consisting of a terpolymer, thermally expandable microspheres, and ceramic particles, wherein monomer units of the terpolymer consist of a first monomer unit, a second monomer unit, and a third monomer unit; wherein the first monomer unit is selected from methyl acrylate, n-butyl acrylate, ethyl methacrylate, 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, 2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate; the second monomer unit is selected from at least one of acrylonitrile and methacrylonitrile; the third monomer unit is selected from at least one of acrylamide, N-hydroxymethyl acrylamide, and N-butoxymethyl acrylamide; and a molar ratio of the first monomer unit, the second monomer unit, and the third monomer unit is 50-58:40-44:2-6,

a weight-average molecular weight Mw of the terpolymer is 60000-120000 g/mol;

a mass ratio of the binder, the thermally expandable microspheres, and the ceramic particles in the binding layer is 25-30:10-20:50-65.

2 . The separator according to claim 1 , wherein a glass transition temperature Tg of the terpolymer is −20° C. to 40° C.

3 . The separator according to claim 1 , wherein a glass transition temperature of the thermally expandable microspheres is 40-100° C.

4 . The separator according to claim 3 , wherein a median particle size D v 50 of the thermally expandable microspheres is 0.1 μm-2 μm.

5 . The separator according to claim 1 , wherein the ceramic particles are at least one of alumina, boehmite, silica, and titanium dioxide, with a median particle size D v 50 of 0.5 μm-5 μm.

6 . The separator according to claim 1 , wherein the first monomer unit is methyl acrylate, the second monomer unit is acrylonitrile, the third monomer unit is acrylamide.

7 . The separator according to claim 1 , wherein the first monomer unit is n-butyl acrylate, the second monomer unit is acrylonitrile, the third monomer unit is N-hydroxymethyl acrylamide.

8 . The separator according to claim 1 , wherein the first monomer unit is ethyl methacrylate, the second monomer unit is acrylonitrile, the third monomer unit is N-hydroxymethyl acrylamide.

9 . The separator according to claim 1 , wherein the first monomer unit is 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, the second monomer unit is methacrylonitrile, the third monomer unit is N-butoxymethyl acrylamide.

10 . A lithium-ion battery, comprising the separator according to claim 1 .

11 . A battery pack, comprising the lithium-ion battery according to claim 10 .

12 . An electric apparatus, comprising the battery according to claim 11 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2024
From: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 068338/0402 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2023
From: LI, LEI; KANG, HAIYANG; ZHENG, YI; SUN, CHENGDONG; AI, SHAOHUA
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 065408/0808 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2022116488 · Sep 1, 2022
Related Publication 20240097276A1 · Mar 21, 2024
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