A lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode is an electrode in which lithium metal deposits during charging and the lithium metal dissolves during discharging. The separator includes a substrate and a functional layer laminated on the substrate. The functional layer includes a first layer including particles of phosphate containing lithium.

Methods of making functional particles, such as functional lithium ion-exchanged zeolite particles and functional electrode particles for electrochemical cells are provided as well as electrochemical cells including such particles. A method includes combining a solution including (NH.sub.4).sub.3PO.sub.4 with lithium ion-exchanged zeolite particles to form a first mixture. The method further includes adding a polymeric binder and a lithium salt to the first mixture to form a first slurry including the functional lithium ion-exchanged zeolite particles comprising Li.sub.3PO.sub.4.

Methods of making functional particles, such as functional lithium ion-exchanged zeolite particles and functional electrode particles for electrochemical cells are provided as well as electrochemical cells including such particles. A method includes combining a solution including (NH.sub.4).sub.3PO.sub.4 with lithium ion-exchanged zeolite particles to form a first mixture. The method further includes adding a polymeric binder and a lithium salt to the first mixture to form a first slurry including the functional lithium ion-exchanged zeolite particles comprising Li.sub.3PO.sub.4.

A purpose of the present disclosure is to provide nonaqueous electrolyte battery inorganic particles that enable provision of a nonaqueous electrolyte battery having excellent properties of safety and service life. Another purpose of the present disclosure is to provide an efficient and effective method for inspecting the metal absorption ability of nonaqueous electrolyte battery inorganic particles.

A method for manufacturing a separator, including the steps of: (S1) preparing a pre-dispersion including inorganic particles dispersed in a pre-dispersion solvent and a first binder polymer dissolved in the pre-dispersion solvent; (S2) conducting a preliminary milling of the pre-dispersion; (S3) preparing a binder polymer solution including a second binder polymer dissolved in a binder polymer solution solvent; (S4) mixing the pre-dispersion with the binder polymer solution and carrying out a secondary milling to obtain a slurry for forming a porous coating layer; and (S5) applying the slurry to at least one surface of a porous polymer substrate, followed by drying, is disclosed. A separator obtained by the method and an electrochemical device including the same are also disclosed. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to provide a separator having a uniform surface and showing improved adhesion.

A separator for a lithium secondary battery. The separator for a lithium secondary battery is provided with a porous coating layer including small-particle diameter inorganic particles, large-particle diameter inorganic particles and adhesive polymer particles. The porous coating layer has a predetermined level of porosity. The separator has reinforced heat resistance, reduced resistance and improved peel strength to a porous polymer substrate.

This application provides a separator, an electrical apparatus containing such separator, and preparation methods thereof. The separator includes a coating layer containing an organic-inorganic hybrid composite compound and provides improved performance in a number of aspects, and the organic-inorganic hybrid composite compound is formed by periodically assembling, along at least one spatial direction, basic units expressed by formula I, L.sub.x(M.sub.aC.sub.b).sub.y•A.sub.z. This application further provides a battery and electrical device containing such separator, preparation methods thereof, organic-inorganic hybrid composite compound for improving performance of a separator.

This application relates to a separator, including: a substrate; and a coating layer provided on at least one surface of the substrate; where the coating layer includes inorganic particles and organic particles, the organic particles include first organic particles, the first organic particles are embedded into the inorganic particles and form bulges on a surface of the coating layer, and a number-based median particle size of the first organic particles is ≥12 μm. This application further relates to a method for preparing the separator, a secondary battery containing the separator, a battery module including the secondary battery, a battery pack, and an apparatus.

The present invention provides a method for measuring moisture content in a separator of secondary battery by using a gas chromatograph equipped with a headspace sampler. The separator of secondary battery may be a safety reinforced separator (SRS) in which inorganic substance particles and a binder polymer are coated on a polyolefin substrate.

Provided is a laminate for an electrochemical device that can advantageously be used as a device member having excellent low-temperature adhesiveness and blocking resistance. The laminate includes a functional layer containing heat-resistant fine particles and adhesive particles and a substrate. The adhesive particles contain an adhesive polymer that includes an aromatic vinyl monomer unit and a wax that has a melting point of lower than 95° C. In plan view of the laminate from a side corresponding to the functional layer, the functional layer includes an adhesion region formed of the adhesive particles and a heat-resistant region formed of the heat-resistant fine particles. The volume-average particle diameter of the adhesive particles is larger than the average stacking direction height of the heat-resistant region.