Abstract: A separator for an electrochemical cell, comprising (A) a flexible perforate support, (B) a porous first ceramic material which fills the perforations in the support and which (i) has a pore structure which is characterized by an average pore size, and (ii) is suitable for receiving an ion-conducting electrolyte, wherein (C) the electrolyte-contactable pore surface of the first porous ceramic material is covered with fine particles of a further material to extend the use life, the average size of the fine particles being in the range from 0.5 to 30% and preferably in the range from 1 to 15% of the average pore size of the ceramic material.

Abstract: Sheet stock that is useful as a separator in batteries can be obtained by a method in which (a) the sheet stock is provided, (b) the sheet stock is cut to the required width, and, subsequently, (c) the sheet stock obtained according to step (b) is wound onto a core or tube, and, subsequently, (d) the sheet stock is cut to length on the core or tube along the axis of the core or of the tube. The sheet stock has a carrier and abrasive particles, the abrasive particles being located inside and/or on at least part of the surface of the carrier.

Abstract: An electrical separator for a lithium battery is composed of a porous carrier coated with a porous inorganic nonelectroconductive material and a porous shutdown layer on the porous inorganic nonelectroconductive coating. The shutdown layer melts at a selected temperature defined by layer composition. Upon melting, the pores of the inorganic layer are closed. Such an electrical separator provides a lithium battery of improved safety. A method to produce the electrical separator is provided.

Abstract: The present invention concerns separator-electrode assemblies for lithium batteries and also a process for their production. The separator-electrode assemblies (SEAs) comprise a porous electrode useful as an electrode, ie. Positive (cathode) or negative (anode) electrode, in a lithium battery and a separator layer applied to this electrode. The separator electrode assembly (SEA) is characterized in that it has an inorganic separator layer comprising at least two fractions of metal oxide particles different from each other in their average particle size and/or in the metal, and an electrode whose active mass particles are bonded together and to the current collector by inorganic adhesive.

Abstract: The present invention concerns separator-electrode assemblies for lithium batteries and also a process for their production. The separator-electrode assemblies (SEAS) comprise a porous electrode useful as an electrode, ie. Positive (cathode) or negative (anode) electrode, in a lithium battery and a separator layer applied to this electrode. The separator electrode assembly (SEA) is characterized in that it has an inorganic separator layer comprising at least two fractions of metal oxide particles different from each other in their average particle size and/or in the metal, and an electrode whose active mass particles are bonded together and to the current collector by inorganic adhesive.

Abstract: Electrical separators for batteries, especially lithium batteries, having a shutdown mechanism. A process for their production. An electrical separator is used in batteries and other systems in which electrodes have to be separated from each other while maintaining ion conductivity. Safety is very important in lithium batteries, since in contrast to other types of battery (Pb, NiCd, NiMeH) the solvent for the electrolyte is not water but a combustible solvent. A separator for lithium cells must possess a shutdown mechanism while not being able to melt down. This is achieved by an electrical separator having a shutdown layer which comprises particles which melt at a desired temperature, close the pores of the separator, and so stop ion flow. Since the separator also comprises a porous inorganic (ceramic) layer on a carrier, the cells cannot melt down as a result of a completely melted separator.

Abstract: A separator for an electrochemical cell, comprising (A) a flexible perforate support, and (B) a porous ceramic material which fills the perforations in the support and is suitable for receiving an ion-conducting electrolyte, wherein the porous ceramic material comprises a first porous layer which is characterized by an average pore size and also at least one second porous layer for contacting with an electrode, the second porous layer having an average pore size which is smaller than the average pore size of the first porous layer.

Abstract: A separator for an electrochemical cell, comprising (A) a flexible perforate support, (B) a porous first ceramic material which fills the perforations in the support and which (i) has a pore structure which is characterized by an average pore size, and (ii) is suitable for receiving an ion-conducting electrolyte, wherein (C) the electrolyte-contactable pore surface of the first porous ceramic material is covered with fine particles of a further material to extend the use life, the average size of the fine particles being in the range from 0.5 to 30% and preferably in the range from 1 to 15% of the average pore size of the ceramic material.

Abstract: Separators for lithium batteries based on a sheetlike flexible substrate provided with a plurality of openings and having a porous inorganic electrically insulating coating on and in the substrate, the coating closing the openings in the substrate, the material of the substrate being selected from woven or non-woven electrically nonconductive polymeric fibers and the inorganic electrically conductive coating comprising metal oxide particles, the separators being electrical insulators and having lithium ion conducting properties without the presence of an electrolyte, the separators comprising at least one lithium ion conducting inorganic material which may also contain organic groups chemically bonded to the inorganic coating, which separators, after filling them with an additional lithium ion conducting electrolyte, have much higher ion conduction than conventional combinations of non-lithium ion conducting separators and electrolyte; a process for producing the separators; and batteries, such as high power

Abstract: An electrochemical capacitor including a separating layer on a support. The separating layer represents a porous inorganic, electrically non-conducting coating which is provided with particles of compounds of the elements Al, Si, and/or Zr, the particles being bonded to each other and to the support by an inorganic adhesive. The support can represent a porous electrode or a porous and planar substrate that is provided with polymer fibers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to stacks comprising separators and electrodes stacked alternately one on top of the other and fixed, the stack having, on at least one side and/or edge of the stack, at least one adhesive bond comprising an organic adhesive, which bond adhesively bonds the electrodes and separators of the stack to one another, and a method for the production thereof and the use of these stacks in Li batteries.

Abstract: Separator for an electrochemical cell comprising a flexible perforate carrier having a ceramic coating on and in the carrier, the ceramic coating comprising from 75 to 99 parts by mass of oxidic particles selected from particles of ZrO2, SiO2 and Al2O3 and comprising from 1 to 25 parts by mass of zeolite particles. These separators exhibit distinctly improved ion conductivity after filling with an electrolyte and are useful as separators in lithium ion batteries in particular.

Abstract: The present invention relates to flexible ceramic membranes which, depending on embodiment, are useful as separators for batteries, especially lithium batteries, and also a process for their production. Ceramic or hybridic membranes have the disadvantage that, whatever the level of flexibility already achieved, they tend to crumble off the ceramic coating on bending. This is prevented by the present membranes, which comprise, on and in a polymeric nonwoven, a solidified ceramic coating which is constructed from two fractions of metal oxide particles of different size and which adheres to the polymeric nonwoven through a network constructed by two different adhesion promoters.

Abstract: The invention relates to a separator filled with an electrolyte composition. The separator has a ceramic surface and the electrolyte composition comprises an ionic fluid. Filling with the electrolyte composition can take place, for example, by inserting the separator into a battery, e.g. into a lithium ion battery, which is filled with a corresponding electrolyte composition.

Abstract: A separator based on a sheetlike flexible substrate having a multiplicity of openings and having a coating on and in the substrate, the material of the substrate being selected from woven or non-woven electrically nonconductive fibers of glass or ceramic or a combination thereof and the coating being a porous electrically insulating ceramic coating, characterized by a thickness of less than 100 ?m; a process for producing the separator; and a battery comprising the separator.

Abstract: The present invention concerns separator-electrode assemblies for lithium batteries and also a process for their production. The separator-electrode assemblies (SEAs) comprise a porous electrode useful as an electrode, ie. Positive (cathode) or negative (anode) electrode, in a lithium battery and a separator layer applied to this electrode. The separator electrode assembly (SEA) is characterized in that it has an inorganic separator layer comprising at least two fractions of metal oxide particles different from each other in their average particle size and/or in the metal, and an electrode whose active mass particles are bonded together and to the current collector by inorganic adhesive.

Abstract: Disclosed is a wallcovering assembly consisting of a base material and at least one ceramic coating/topcoat with or without an optional ceramic interlayer.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrode material for a lithium ion battery which is distinguished by the fact that the electrode material comprises 5-85% by weight of nanoscale silicon particles which have a BET surface area of from 5 to 700 m2/g and a mean primary particle diameter of from 5 to 200 nm, 0-10% by weight of conductive carbon black, 5-80% by weight of graphite having a mean particle diameter of from 1 ?m to 100 ?m and 5-25% by weight of a binder, the proportions of the components summing to not more than 100% by weight, and to the use of the electrode material according to the invention for the production of lithium ion batteries, and to a lithium ion battery having a negative electrode which comprises the electrode material according to the invention.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrolyte composition consisting of an ionic liquid, a conducting salt, a film former and a viscosity modifier and also to the use of the electrolyte composition of the present invention as an electrolyte material for electrochemical energy storage systems, especially for lithium-metal and lithium-ion batteries.

Abstract: An electrochemical capacitor including a separating layer on a support. The separating layer represents a porous inorganic, electrically non-conducting coating which is provided with particles of compounds of the elements Al, Si, and/or Zr, the particles being bonded to each other and to the support by an inorganic adhesive. The support can represent a porous electrode or a porous and planar substrate that is provided with polymer fibers.