Celgard Inc.

Ken J Harleson

Ta-Hua Yu

Lie Shi

Robert W Callahan

Ron W Call

The battery separator for a lithium battery is made from a nonwoven flat sheet material having high temperature melt integrity, a microporous membrane having low temperature shutdown properties, and an adhesive bonding the nonwoven flat sheet to the microporous membrane and being adapted for swelling when contacted by an electrolyte.

High melt integrity battery separator for lithium ion batteries

A split resistant microporous membrane is provided for use in preparing a battery separator. The microporous membrane has a TD tensile strength to MD tensile strength ratio of from about 0.12 to about 1.2, preferably from about 0.5 to about 1. The microporous membrane is made by a process which includes the steps of preparing a film precursor by blown film extrusion at a blow-up ratio of at least 1.5, annealing the film precursor, and stretching the resultant annealed film precursor to form the microporous membrane.

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Fort Mill, SC, United States of America

Ken J Harleson