Claims
- 1. A battery separator which comprises a porous base containing at least one member selected from a nonwoven fabric or a paper, the nonwoven fabric and the paper containing an organic fiber fibrillated to a fiber diameter of 1 μm or less, and an organometallic compound impregnated, coated or sprayed to the porous base, the resulting separator being for non-aqueous electrolyte batteries, the nonwoven fabric and the paper being made by wet paper making process, and wherein the porous base has a maximum pore diameter of 20 μm or less as measured by bubble point method specified in ASTM F-316-80.
- 2. The separator according to claim 1, wherein the porous film has a maximum pore diameter of 10 μm or less as measured by bubble point method specified in ASTM F-316-80.
- 3. The separator according to claim 1, wherein the nonwoven fabric or paper has a maximum pore diameter of 20 μm or less as measured by bubble point method specified in ASTM F-316-80.
- 4. The separator according to claim 1, wherein the porous base contains an inorganic fiber.
- 5. The separator according to claim 4, wherein the inorganic fiber is at least one fiber selected from micro-glass fiber, alumina fiber and rock wool.
- 6. The separator according to claim 5, wherein the micro-glass fiber comprises a silica glass containing 99% by weight or more of silicon dioxide (in terms of SiO2) or an E glass containing 1% by weight or less of sodium oxide (in terms of Na2O).
- 7. The separator according to claim 1, wherein at least one organic fiber is a heat resistant organic fiber having a melting point or heat decomposition temperature of 250° C. or higher.
- 8. The separator according to claim 1, wherein the organic fiber at least a part of which is fibrillated to a fiber diameter of 1 μm or less is at least one fiber selected from vegetable fiber, vegetable fiber pulp, bacteria cellulose produced by micro-organisms, rayon, polyolefin fiber, polyamide fiber, aramid fiber and polyarylate fiber.
- 9. The separator according to claim 1, which contains polyvinyl alcohol.
- 10. The separator according to claim 1, wherein the porous base is subjected to pressing or hot pressing.
- 11. The separator according to claim 1, wherein the organometallic compound is at least one compound selected from organosilicon compound, organotitanium compound, organoaluminum compound, organozirconium compound and organozirco-aluminate compound.
- 12. The separator according to claim 1, wherein the organometallic compound is an organosilicon compound.
- 13. The separator according to claim 12, wherein the organosilicon compound is at least one compound selected from organosilane or organopolysiloxane having at least one hydrolyzable group or functional group selected from chlorine group, fluorine group, acetoxy group, alkoxy group, vinyl group, amino group, epoxy group, mercapto group and methacryl group.
- 14. A non-aqueous electrolyte battery made using the separator according to claim 1.
- 15. A battery separator according to claim 1, wherein the organic fiber has a fiber length of 5 mm or less.
Priority Claims (4)
Number |
Date |
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9-005661 |
Jan 1997 |
JP |
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9-223544 |
Aug 1997 |
JP |
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9-292237 |
Oct 1997 |
JP |
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9-324729 |
Nov 1997 |
JP |
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Parent Case Info
This application is the national phase of international application PCT/JP98/00113 filed Sep. 14, 1998 which designated the U.S.
PCT Information
Filing Document |
Filing Date |
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PCT/JP98/00113 |
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WO |
00 |
Publishing Document |
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WO98/32184 |
7/23/1998 |
WO |
A |
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