US 12,015,170 B2
Separator, method of manufacturing separator, and electrochemical device including separator
Yun Bong Kim, Daejeon (KR); Kyu Young Cho, Daejeon (KR); Tae Wook Kwon, Daejeon (KR); and Heung Taek Bae, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to SK INNOVATION CO., LTD., Seoul (KR); and SK IE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by SK INNOVATION CO., LTD., Seoul (KR); and SK IE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/331,272.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0070383 (KR), filed on Jun. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0402711 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 50/431 (2021.01); H01M 10/052 (2010.01); H01M 50/403 (2021.01); H01M 50/449 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/431 (2021.01) [H01M 10/052 (2013.01); H01M 50/403 (2021.01); H01M 50/449 (2021.01)] 10 Claims
 
1. A method of manufacturing a separator, the method comprising:
(a1) preparing an acid aqueous solution including a silane compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 and an acid component;
(a2) preparing an inorganic slurry by stirring inorganic particles, an acid component, and water;
(a3) preparing a coating slurry by mixing the inorganic slurry and the acid aqueous solution; and
(b) applying the prepared coating slurry on at least one surface of a porous substrate and drying the coating slurry to provide an inorganic particle layer:
AaSi(OR)b  Chemical Formula 1
wherein A is hydrogen, a polar functional group, or a C1-C10 alkyl group having a polar functional group, R is independently hydrogen or a C1-C5 alkyl group, a is 0 to 2, b is 2 to 4, and a+b is 4, and
wherein the polar functional group of the silane compound includes one or two or more selected from an amino group, an epoxy group, a carboxyl group, a hydroxyl group, an amide group, a thiol group, a ketone group, an ester group, and an aldehyde group.