Provided is a packaging material for batteries, which has excellent insulating properties. A packaging material for batteries, which is formed of a laminate that is obtained by sequentially laminating at least a base layer, a bonding layer, a metal layer and a sealant layer, and wherein the base layer comprises a resin layer A that is formed of a thermoplastic resin having a volume resistivity of 1×10.sup.15 Ω.Math.cm or more.

A film-shaped packaging material for a cell in which a coating layer is provided as the outermost layer instead of a substrate layer and an adhesive layer in a conventional film-shaped packaging material for a cell, thereby making it possible to produce a thinner film; wherein the packaging material is provided with exceptional moldability and insulation performance and enables lead time to be reduced. The packaging material is a laminate having at least a coating layer, a barrier layer, and a sealant layer in the stated order, the coating layer including a single- or multiple-layer configuration formed by a cured product of a resin composition containing a heat-curable resin and curing accelerator, the laminate having a piercing strength of at least 5 N, as measured in compliance with JIS 1707:1997, and the coating layer having a breakdown voltage of at least 1.0 kV, as measured in compliance with JIS C2110-1.

Battery separators and methods are disclosed. The battery separator may be used in a lithium battery. The separator may include a microporous membrane laminated to a coated nonwoven. The coating may contain a polymer and optionally, a filler or particles. The methods may include the steps of: unwinding the microporous membrane and the nonwoven, laminating the nonwoven and microporous membrane, and coating the nonwoven before or after lamination.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for supplying an electrical current. The method comprises sending the electrical current into a device from a panel comprising a dielectric core. Further, the method comprises a first sheet with a first conductive adhesive attaching the first sheet to a first side of the dielectric core, wherein the first conductive adhesive is a first electrode for a battery. Yet further, the method comprises a second sheet with a second conductive adhesive attaching the second sheet to a second side of the dielectric core, wherein the second conductive adhesive is a second electrode for the battery. Still further, the method comprises operating the device using the electrical current from the battery in the panel.

A clad material for a battery current collector includes a pinhole due to falling off of an intermetallic compound containing Al and Ni or an intermetallic compound containing Al and Fe from an outer surface of a first layer. A clad material for a battery current collector includes a clad material obtained by bonding a first layer made of Al or an Al alloy and a second layer made of any one of Ni, a Ni alloy, Fe, and a Fe alloy by rolling. The clad material has a thickness of 50 μm or less. In the clad material, an intermetallic compound layer constituted by an intermetallic compound containing Al and Ni or an intermetallic compound containing Al and Fe, the intermetallic compound layer having a thickness of 0.1 μm or more and 1 μm or less, is formed between the first layer and the second layer.

The present invention relates to a porous sheet comprising cellulose fibers having an average fiber diameter ranging from 20 to 500 nm; cut fibers having an average fiber diameter ranging from 1.5 to 20 μm; and a hydrophilic polymer binder, wherein an amount of the cut fibers is 1% by weight or more and 80% by weight or less based on the total weight of the cellulose fibers and the cut fibers, and an amount of the hydrophilic polymer binder is 5 parts by weight or more and 30 parts by weight or less with respect to 100 parts by weight of the total weight of the cellulose fibers and the cut fibers. The porous sheet of the present invention can exhibit a superior strength (in particular, both tear strength and tensile strength), and exhibits a superior performance as a separator for an electrochemical device.

An aluminum pouch film for a secondary battery and a method for manufacturing the aluminum pouch film are disclosed. The aluminum pouch film includes an aluminum layer; an outer resin layer formed on a first surface of the aluminum layer; an inner resin layer formed on a second surface of the aluminum layer; and an adhesive layer for adhering the aluminum layer to the inner resin layer, wherein the outer resin layer includes a copolymer of polyamide and polyimide.

A laminate includes a first sheet containing first fibers, a second sheet laminated on the first sheet and containing second fibers, and an adhesive disposed between the first sheet and the second sheet. At least a part of the adhesive is disposed in an end portion along the edge side of the laminate so as to form a linear first region, and the first sheet is adhered to the second sheet via the first region. Alternatively, a mass per unit area of the adhesive present in an end portion along an edge side of the laminate is larger than a mass per unit area of the adhesive present in a portion near a central part of the laminate rather than the end portion.

The present invention is a flame-resistant layered molded article in which one surface of a fiber sheet material containing at least infusible fibers A, particularly a fiber sheet material containing infusible fibers A and thermoplastic fibers B, is exposed to the outside of a molded article, and in which at least a part of the other surface side is joined to a thermoplastic resin C forming a molded article body. As a flame-resistant layered molded article, the present invention can realize to exhibit the high flame resistance and flame-shielding property that are required, and to ensure the desired strength and stiffness and good moldability that are required overall.

An adhesive for laminated sheets, which is excellent in adhesive strength to a film after curing and long-term hydrolysis resistance at high temperature and high humidity when a laminated sheet is produced, and is also excellent in adhesive property at low temperature. Disclosed is an adhesive for laminated sheets, which comprises a urethane resin obtainable by mixing an acrylic polyol with an isocyanate compound, and also has a chemical structure derived from a diene polymer, wherein the diene polymer has a glass transition temperature of −40° C. or lower. The adhesive for laminated sheets is excellent in adhesive strength to a film after curing and long-term hydrolysis resistance at high temperature and high humidity when a laminated sheet is, produced, and is also excellent in adhesive property at low temperature.