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Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 10, 2015
Applicant:

Hollingsworth & Vose Company, East Walpole, MA (US);

Inventor:

Zhiping Jiang, Westford, MA (US);

Assignee:

Hollingsworth & Vose Company, East Walpole, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/16 (2006.01); H01M 10/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/1613 (2013.01); H01M 2/1646 (2013.01); H01M 2/162 (2013.01); H01M 10/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

Battery separators are generally provided. In some embodiments, the battery separators may comprise a non-woven web including a plurality of inorganic particles (e.g., silica). The non-woven web may include, in some embodiments, a plurality of relatively coarse glass fibers (e.g., having an average diameter of greater than about 1.5 microns), e.g., such that the non-woven web has a particular largest pore size and median pore size. The combination of inorganic particles with a non-woven web having features described herein may exhibit enhanced electrolyte stratification distance and/or reduced electrolyte filling time. In some embodiments, such improvements may be achieved while having relatively minimal or no adverse effects on another property of the battery separator and/or the overall battery.


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