Separator
Provided is a separator made of a laminated porous film in which a heat-resistant layer that comprises a heat-resistant resin and a shut-down layer that comprises a thermoplastic resin are laminated, wherein the heat-resistant layer further comprises two or more fillers, and the value of D 2 /D 1 is 0.15 or less where among values each obtained by measuring the average particle diameter of particles that constitute one of the two or more fillers, the largest value is let be D 1 and the second largest value is let be D 2 .
1. A separator made of a laminated porous film in which a heat-resistant layer that comprises a heat-resistant resin selected from the group consisting of polyamides, polyimides, polyamideimides, polycarbonates, polyacetals, polysulfones, polyphenylene sulfides, polyether ether ketones, aromatic polyesters, polyether sulfones and polyetherimides and a shut-down layer that comprises a thermoplastic resin are laminated, wherein the heat-resistant layer further comprises two or more fillers, and the value of D 2 /D 1 is 0.15 or less where among values each obtained by measuring the average particle diameter of particles that constitute one of the two or more fillers, the largest value is let be D 1 and the second largest value is let be D 2 ,
wherein a ratio of a weight of the filler consisting of the particles with the average particle size of D 1 to a weight of the filler consisting of the particles with the average particle size of D 2 is from 30:70 to 70:30, when the whole weight of the fillers is 100.
2. The separator according to claim 1 , wherein the heat-resistant layer has a thickness of not less than 1 μm and not more than 10 μm.
3. The separator according to claim 1 , wherein when the weight of all the fillers is let be 100, the weight of the filler that is constituted of the particles having an average particle size of D 1 and the weight of the filler that is constituted of the particles having an average particle size of D 2 is 90 or more.
4. The separator according to claim 1 , wherein D 1 is not less than 0.1 μm, and D 2 is less than 0.1 μm.
5. The separator according to claim 1 , wherein D 1 is not more than 10 μm.
6. The separator according to claim 4 , wherein D 1 is not less than 0.1 μm and not more than 1 μm, and D 2 is not less than 0.01 μm and less than 0.1 μm.
7. The separator according to claim 1 , wherein all the particles constituting the fillers are alumina particles.
8. The separator according to claim 1 , wherein a part or all of the particles constituting the fillers are approximately spherical particles.
9. The separator according to claim 7 , wherein when the overall weight of the heat-resistant layer is let be 100, the weight of the fillers is not less than 20 and not more than 95.
10. The separator according to claim 1 , wherein when the thickness of the heat-resistant layer is let be A (μm) and the thickness of the shut-down layer is let be B (μm), the ratio of A/B is not less than 0.1 and not more than 1.
11. The separator according to claim 1 , wherein the heat-resistant resin is a nitrogen-containing aromatic polymer.
12. The separator according to claim 1 , wherein the thermoplastic resin is polyethylene.
13. The separator according to claim 1 , wherein a heat-resistant layer is provided on faces of the shut-down layer.
14. The porous film according to claim 7 , wherein a weight of the fillers is not less than 30 and not more than 90, when a whole weight of the heat-resistant layer is let be 100.