# US 10,374,204 B2 · Non-aqueous-secondary-battery separator and non-aqueous secondary battery > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,374,204 B2 - Document ID: US10374204B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/766,513 - Filed: 2013-11-13 - Published: 2015-12-24 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2013-03-19 - Assignees: Teijin Limited - Applicants: Teijin Limited - Inventors: Susumu Honda - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10374204B2 ## CPC - H01M 50/431: Inorganic material - H01M 50/417: Polyolefins - H01M 50/42: Acrylic resins - H01M 50/426: Fluorocarbon polymers - H01M 50/429: Natural polymers - H01M 50/443: Particulate material - H01M 50/446: Composite material consisting of a mixture of organic and inorganic materials - H01M 50/451: comprising layers of only organic material and layers containing inorganic material - H01M 50/457: comprising three or more layers - H01M 50/461: {with adhesive layers between electrodes and separators} - H01M 50/489: Separators, membranes, diaphragms or spacing elements inside the cells, characterised by their physical properties, e.g. swelling degree, hydrophilicity or shut down properties - H01M 50/491: Porosity - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract There is provided a non-aqueous-secondary-battery separator formed of a composite membrane including: a porous base material containing a thermoplastic resin; and a heat-resistant porous layer provided on one or both surfaces of the porous base material and containing an organic binder and an inorganic filler, in which the tortuosity rate of the composite membrane is from 1.5 to 2.0. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A non-aqueous-secondary-battery separator comprising: a composite membrane including a polyolefin microporous membrane; and a heat-resistant porous layer provided on one or both surfaces of the polyolefin microporous membrane and containing a particulate organic binder and an inorganic filler, wherein the tortuosity rate of the composite membrane is from 1.5 to 2.0, the particulate organic binder contains at least a polyvinylidene fluoride type resin that is selected from the group consisting of a mixture of polyvinylidene fluoride and an acrylic polymer, a mixture of a polyvinylidene fluoride copolymer and an acrylic polymer, and a copolymer of vinylidene fluoride with a monomer component that is selected from the group consisting of an acrylic acid, a methacrylic acid, an acrylic ester and a methacrylic ester, -and the heat-resistant porous layer has a porous structure in which the particulate organic binder and the inorganic filler are connected to each other, and the difference between the membrane resistance of the composite membrane and the membrane resistance of the polyolefin microporous membrane is equal to or smaller than 0.58Ω·cm2. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The non-aqueous-secondary-battery separator according to claim 1, wherein the membrane resistance of the composite membrane is equal to or smaller than 5Ω·cm2. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The non-aqueous-secondary-battery separator according to claim 1, wherein the thermal dimensional change rate of the composite membrane in each of a longitudinal direction and a width direction, when the composite membrane is heated at least to a flow elongation deformation temperature of the thermoplastic resin at a rate of temperature increase of 5° C./min, is from 0 to 3%. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The non-aqueous-secondary-battery separator according to claim 1, wherein the thermal shrinkage of the composite membrane in each of the longitudinal direction and the width direction, when the composite membrane is subjected to thermal treatment at 150° C. for 30 minutes, is from 0 to 3%. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The non-aqueous-secondary-battery separator according to claim 1, wherein the content of the inorganic filler is from 80% by mass to 99% by mass with respect to the total mass of the organic binder and the inorganic filler. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The non-aqueous-secondary-battery separator according to claim 1, wherein the particulate organic binder further comprises one or more kinds of the resin selected from a group consisting of fluorine rubber, styrene-butadiene rubber, ethylene-acrylate copolymers, carboxymethyl cellulose, hydroxyalkyl cellulose, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl butyral, and polyvinyl pyrrolidone. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The non-aqueous-secondary-battery separator according to claim 1, wherein the inorganic filler is one or more kinds of the filler selected from a group consisting of magnesium hydroxide, magnesium oxide, and magnesium carbonate. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The non-aqueous-secondary-battery separator according to claim 1, wherein an adhesive porous layer containing a polyvinylidene fluoride type resin is further provided on one or both surfaces of the composite membrane. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The non-aqueous-secondary-battery separator according to claim 1, wherein the membrane resistance of the composite membrane is more than 2Ω·cm2 and equal to or smaller than 5Ω·cm2. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The non-aqueous-secondary-battery separator according to claim 1, wherein the membrane resistance of the composite membrane is 2.65 to 5Ω·cm2. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The non-aqueous-secondary-battery separator according to claim 8, wherein a membrane resistance when the adhesive porous layer is laminated is from 3.18 to 4.96Ω·cm2. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) A non-aqueous secondary battery comprising: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and the non-aqueous-secondary-battery separator according to claim 1 which is disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein an electromotive force is obtained by doping and de-doping of lithium.