Abstract: Disclosed is a separator for a non-aqueous electrolyte battery, the separator including a polyolefin microporous substrate in which a content of polyolefin having a molecular weight of 100,000 or less is from 10% by mass to 25% by mass relative to a total amount of polyolefin, and a heat resistant porous layer that is formed on one or both sides of the polyolefin microporous substrate and that includes a heat resistant polymer, wherein a maximum value of S, which is represented by the following formula (1), is 0.8 or more, and a temperature exhibiting the maximum value of S is from 130° C. to 155° C.: S=d(log R)/dT??Formula (1): wherein R represents a resistance (ohm·cm2) of a cell, and T represents a temperature (° C.), in a measurement using a battery that includes the cell that is provided with a separator for a non-aqueous electrolyte battery, at a temperature rising rate of 1.6° C./min.

Abstract: The present invention provides a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery including a porous substrate and an adhesive porous layer that is formed at at least one side of the porous substrate and contains the following polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin A and the following polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin B. (1) Polyvinylidene fluoride resin A selected from the group consisting of vinylidene fluoride homopolymers having a weight average molecular weight of from 600,000 to 2,500,000, and vinylidene fluoride copolymers having a weight average molecular weight of from 600,000 to 2,500,000 and containing a structural unit derived from vinylidene fluoride and a structural unit derived from hexafluoropropylene, the total content of structural units derived from hexafluoropropylene in each of the vinylidene fluoride copolymers being 1.5 mol % or less of the total content of structural units in each of the vinylidene fluoride copolymer.

Abstract: An example of the present invention is provided with porous sheets 11, 21 each formed by layering a porous base material including a polyolefin and a heat-resistant porous layer including a heat-resistant resin. The porous sheets 11, 21, respectively, are connected at connecting regions 15a and 15b, 25a and 25b, respectively, which have been formed by thermal fusion of the heat-resistant porous layers facing each other by folding the sheets. Furthermore, the porous sheets 11, 21 are additionally connected at a connecting region 27 that has been formed by thermal fusion.

Abstract: The present invention provides a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery, the separator including: a polyolefin microporous membrane having a degree of crystallinity of from 60 to 85% and a tie molecular volume fraction of from 0.7 to 1.7%; and a heat resistant porous layer containing a heat resistant resin and provided on one side or both sides of the polyolefin microporous membrane.

Abstract: The present invention provides a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery, the separator including: a polyolefin microporous membrane having a degree of crystallinity of from 60 to 85% and a tie molecular volume fraction of from 0.7 to 1.7%; and a heat resistant porous layer containing a heat resistant resin and provided on one side or both sides of the polyolefin microporous membrane.

Abstract: Provided is a non-aqueous-secondary-battery separator including: a microporous membrane; and an adhesive porous layer which is provided on one or both surfaces of the microporous membrane and includes a fibrillar polyvinylidene fluoride resin, in which an average hole diameter acquired from the specific surface area of the microporous membrane is greater than 90 nm and equal to or smaller than 250 nm, peeling strength between the microporous membrane and the adhesive porous layer is equal to or greater than 0.10 N/cm, and a fibrillar diameter acquired from the specific surface area of the adhesive porous layer is from 50 nm to 70 nm.

Abstract: Provided is a non-aqueous-secondary-battery separator including: a microporous membrane containing a fibrillar resin; and an adhesive porous layer which is provided on one or both surfaces of the microporous membrane and contains a fibrillar polyvinylidene fluoride resin, in which an average pore diameter acquired from a specific surface area of the microporous membrane is from 50 nm to 90 nm or a fibrillar diameter acquired from a specific surface area of the microporous membrane is from 150 nm to 350 nm.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polyolefin microporous membrane in which a degree of crystallinity is from 60 to 85%, and a tie molecular volume fraction is from 0.7 to 1.7%.

Abstract: Provided is a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery, including: a porous substrate, and a heat resistant porous layer that is provided on one side or both sides of the porous substrate, that is an aggregate of resin particles and an inorganic filler, and that satisfies the following expression (1). In expression (1), Vf is a volume proportion (% by volume) of the inorganic filler in the heat resistant porous layer, and CPVC is a critical pigment volume concentration (% by volume) of the inorganic filler. Also provided is a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery, including: a porous substrate, a heat resistant porous layer that is provided on one side or both sides of the porous substrate, that includes a resin and an filler, and that satisfies the following expression (2), and an adhesive porous layer that is provided on both sides of a stacked body of the porous substrate and the heat resistant porous layer, and that includes an adhesive resin.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polyolefin microporous membrane in which a degree of crystallinity is from 60 to 85%, and a tie molecular volume fraction is from 0.7 to 1.7%.

Abstract: Provided is a separator for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery, including a porous substrate and an adhesive porous layer that is provided on one side or both sides of the porous substrate and contains an adhesive resin. On the surface on the side where the porous substrate has the adhesive porous layer, the separator has a dynamic coefficient of friction of 0.1 or more and 0.6 or less and a ten-point average roughness (Rz) of 1.0 ?m or more and 8.0 ?m or less.

Abstract: Provided is a separator for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery, including a porous substrate and an adhesive porous layer that is provided on one side or both sides of the porous substrate and contains an adhesive resin. The separator has a thermal expansion coefficient of more than 0% and 10% or less in the width direction when heat-treated at 105° C. for 30 minutes.

Abstract: Provided is a separator for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a composite membrane. The composite membrane includes a porous substrate that contains a thermoplastic resin and an adhesive porous layer that is provided on at least one side of the porous substrate and contains an adhesive resin. The difference between the Gurley number of the porous substrate and the Gurley number of the composite membrane is 75 sec/100 cc or less. The difference between the tortuosity of the porous substrate and the tortuosity of the composite membrane is 0.30 or less.

Abstract: Provided is a separator for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery, including a porous substrate and an adhesive porous layer that is provided on one side or both sides of the porous substrate and contains an adhesive resin. The ratio of the standard deviation of the areal weight of the adhesive porous layer to the mean of the areal weight of the adhesive porous layer (g/m2) (standard deviation/mean) is 0.3 or less.

Abstract: Provided is a separator for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery, which includes a porous substrate and an adhesive porous layer that is provided on at least one side of the porous substrate and contains an adhesive resin. The separator has a pore size distribution such that, as measured by a pore size distribution measurement test, the pore size at the maximum value of the maximum peak is within a range of 0.02 ?m to 0.1 ?m, and the pore size distribution range value ? defined as follows is 0.4 or less. The pore size distribution range value ? herein is a value calculated by the following equation from pore sizes D90, D10, and D50 corresponding to cumulative pore size distributions of 90%, 10%, and 50%, respectively: pore size distribution range value ?=(D90?D10)/D50.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polyolefin microporous membrane in which a degree of crystallinity is from 60 to 85%, and a tie molecular volume fraction is from 0.7 to 1.7%.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a separator that is excellent in heat resistance, shutdown function, flame retardancy and handling property. The separator for a nonaqueous secondary battery of the invention is a separator for a nonaqueous secondary battery that has a polyolefin microporous membrane at least one surface of which is laminated with a heat resistant porous layer containing a heat resistant resin, and is characterized by containing an inorganic filler containing a metallic hydroxide that undergoes dehydration reaction at a temperature of 200 to 400° C.

Abstract: The present invention provides a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery, including a porous substrate and an adhesive porous layer that is formed at at least one side of the porous substrate and contains the following polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin A and the following polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin B. (1) Polyvinylidene fluoride resin A selected from the group consisting of vinylidene fluoride homopolymers, and vinylidene fluoride copolymers containing a structural unit derived from vinylidene fluoride and a structural unit derived from hexafluoropropylene, the total content of structural units derived from hexafluoropropylene in each of the vinylidene fluoride copolymers being 1.5 mol % or less of the total content of structural units in each of the vinylidene fluoride copolymer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery including a porous substrate and an adhesive porous layer that is formed at at least one side of the porous substrate and contains the following polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin A and the following polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin B. (1) Polyvinylidene fluoride resin A selected from the group consisting of vinylidene fluoride homopolymers having a weight average molecular weight of from 600,000 to 2,500,000, and vinylidene fluoride copolymers having a weight average molecular weight of from 600,000 to 2,500,000 and containing a structural unit derived from vinylidene fluoride and a structural unit derived from hexafluoropropylene, the total content of structural units derived from hexafluoropropylene in each of the vinylidene fluoride copolymers being 1.5 mol % or less of the total content of structural units in each of the vinylidene fluoride copolymer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery including a porous substrate, and an adhesive porous layer that is formed at one or both sides of the porous substrate, contains (1) polyvinylidene fluoride resin A and (2) polyvinylidene fluoride resin B described below, and has a porosity of from 30% to 60% and an average pore size of from 20 nm to 100 nm: (1) polyvinylidene fluoride resin A is selected from the group consisting of vinylidene fluoride homopolymers and DVF copolymers containing structural units derived from vinylidene fluoride (VDF) and structural units derived from hexafluoropropylene (HFP), a total content of structural unit derived from HFP in each of the VDF copolymers being 1.