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http://dx.doi.org/10.5229/JKES.2014.17.1.7

Study on the Thickness Effect of the Separator for Lithium Secondary Batteries  

Kim, Sang Woo (Division of Advanced Materials Engineering, Kongju National University)
Seok, Ji-Hoo (Division of Advanced Materials Engineering, Kongju National University)
Kim, Byung-Hyun Daniel (R&D Team, W-SCOPE KOREA CO., LTD.)
Cho, Hee-Min (R&D Team, W-SCOPE KOREA CO., LTD.)
Cho, Kuk Young (Division of Advanced Materials Engineering, Kongju National University)
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Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society / v.17, no.1, 2014 , pp. 7-12 More about this Journal
Abstract
There is increasing demand on the reducing the weight and the volume of the major components in lithium secondary battery to improve energy density. Separator not only provides pathway for lithium ion movement but also prevents direct contact between anode and cathode. Herein we fabricated polyethylene separator by varying biaxial stretching ratio to obtain membrane thickness of 16, 12, and $9{\mu}m$. Mechanical and thermal properties of the separator with different thickness were investigated. Also rate capability and charge-discharge cycle property up to 500 cycles were studied using coin type full-cell with $LiCoO_2$ and graphite as a cathode and an anode, respectively. All the cells using separator with different thickness demonstrated excellent capacity retention after 500cycles (around 80%). Considering the rate capability, cell using separator with thickness of $9{\mu}m$ showed best performance. Interestingly, separator thickness of $9{\mu}m$ was more resistant to heat contraction compared to that of $16{\mu}m$ separator.
Keywords
lithium secondary battery; separator; charge/discharge; thermal shrinkage; thickness;
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