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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2021
Applicant:
Lg Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
David W. Avison, Boxborough, MA (US);
Steven A. Carlson, Cambridge, MA (US);
Benjamin Sloan, Exeter, NH (US);
Assignee:
LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/0525 (2010.01); H01M 50/451 (2021.01); H01M 50/417 (2021.01); H01M 50/446 (2021.01); H01M 50/457 (2021.01); H01M 50/489 (2021.01); H01M 50/491 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/0525 (2013.01); H01M 50/417 (2021.01); H01M 50/446 (2021.01); H01M 50/451 (2021.01); H01M 50/457 (2021.01); H01M 50/489 (2021.01); H01M 50/491 (2021.01);
Abstract
A separator for a lithium battery having (a) a porous polymeric layer, such as a polyethylene layer, and (b) a nanoporous inorganic particle/polymer layer on both sides of the polymeric layer, the nanoporous layer having an inorganic oxide and one or more polymers; the volume fraction of the polymers in the nanoporous layer is about 15% to about 50%, and the crystallite size of the inorganic oxide is 5 nm to 90 nm.