Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode capable of forming an electrode for a non-aqueous secondary battery that can cause a non-aqueous secondary battery to display excellent low-temperature cycle characteristics and low-temperature output characteristics. The binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode contains a polymer and a solvent. The polymer is a block copolymer including an aromatic vinyl monomer unit and an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit having a carbon number of 5 or more. The amount of the polymer that elutes into electrolyte solution is not less than 1 mass % and not more than 20 mass %.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition capable of forming a functional layer that can both inhibit post-cycling swelling of a secondary battery and increase charge carrier acceptance of the secondary battery at low temperatures. The binder composition contains a first polymer, a second polymer, and a solvent. The first polymer is a block copolymer including a block region formed of an aromatic vinyl monomer unit and a block region formed of an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit and/or a hydrogenated aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit. The second polymer is a random copolymer including a 1,3-pentadiene unit and/or a hydrogenated 1,3-pentadiene unit.

Abstract: A binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery including: a water-insoluble polymer and a water-soluble polymer, wherein the water-insoluble polymer contains 70% by weight or more and 100% by weight or less of an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit, and the water-soluble polymer has a carboxy group and a hydroxy group. The water-soluble polymer preferably contains a carboxy group-containing monomer unit and a hydroxy group-containing monomer unit. Also provided are a slurry composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery, including the binder composition, an electrode, a separator, a secondary battery and methods for producing the same.

Abstract: A latex of an acid-modified conjugated diene polymer including the acid-modified conjugated diene polymer obtained by modifying a conjugated diene polymer with an acid group-containing compound, in which a content of a structural unit derived from the acid group-containing compound is 0.2 to 0.7 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the acid-modified conjugated diene polymer; a content of a water-soluble polymer in the latex is 2 parts by weight or less with respect to 100 parts by weight of the acid-modified conjugated diene polymer; when a solids content of the latex is adjusted to 60 wt %, a viscosity at 25° C. is 800 mPa·s or less; and when the solids content of the latex is adjusted to 50 wt %, the viscosity at 25° C. is 300 mPa·s or less.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery with which it is possible to form a functional layer that can provide a battery component such as an electrode or a separator with a balance of excellent handleability and process adhesiveness. The binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery contains: polymer particles containing a block polymer including a block region composed of an aromatic vinyl monomer unit; a water-soluble polymer including a hydrophilic group; and water. The block polymer has a diblock content of not less than 0 mass % and not more than 60 mass %. The water-soluble polymer has a weight-average molecular weight of not less than 15,000 and not more than 500,000.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for a functional layer capable of forming a functional layer that can both inhibit post-cycling swelling of a secondary battery and increase charge carrier acceptance of the secondary battery at low temperatures. The composition for a functional layer contains non-conductive inorganic particles, a solvent, and a block copolymer including a block region formed of an aromatic vinyl monomer unit and a block region formed of either or both of an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit having a carbon number of 5 or more and a hydrogenated aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit having a carbon number of 5 or more.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition capable of forming a functional layer that can both inhibit post-cycling swelling of a secondary battery and increase charge carrier acceptance of the secondary battery at low temperatures. The binder composition contains a first polymer, a second polymer, and a solvent. The first polymer is a block copolymer including a block region formed of an aromatic vinyl monomer unit and a block region formed of an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit and/or a hydrogenated aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit. The second polymer is a random copolymer including a 1,3-pentadiene unit and/or a hydrogenated 1,3-pentadiene unit.

Abstract: A method for producing a polymer latex, including an emulsification step of emulsifying a polymer solution obtained by dissolution of synthetic polyisoprene and/or a styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer having a molecular weight distribution of 1.0 to 2.6 in an organic solvent, in water in the presence of a surfactant, to thereby obtain an emulsified liquid, wherein as the synthetic polyisoprene and/or styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer, used are/is synthetic polyisoprene and/or a styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer which, when dissolved in an organic solvent to thereby be formed into a polymer solution having a viscosity at a temperature of 60° C. of 20,000 cps, have/has a solid content concentration in the range of 10 to 60% by weight.

Abstract: A latex of an acid-modified conjugated diene polymer including the acid-modified conjugated diene polymer obtained by modifying a conjugated diene polymer with an acid group-containing compound, in which a content of a structural unit derived from the acid group-containing compound is 0.2 to 0.7 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the acid-modified conjugated diene polymer; a content of a water-soluble polymer in the latex is 2 parts by weight or less with respect to 100 parts by weight of the acid-modified conjugated diene polymer; when a solids content of the latex is adjusted to 60 wt %, a viscosity at 25° C. is 800 mPa·s or less; and when the solids content of the latex is adjusted to 50 wt %, the viscosity at 25° C. is 300 mPa·s or less.

Abstract: A polymer latex, including a polymerization step of polymerizing a monomer in organic solvent to thereby obtain polymer solution of synthetic polyisoprene and/or styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer, antioxidant addition step of adding antioxidant to the polymer solution of synthetic polyisoprene and/or styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer at proportion of 0.01-1.00 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the synthetic polyisoprene and/or styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer, and emulsification step of emulsifying the polymer solution which the antioxidant is added, in water in the presence of a surfactant, to thereby obtain polymer latex, wherein the emulsification performs in the emulsification step so the ratio D75/D25 of the volume particle size D75 at a cumulative frequency of 75% to the volume particle size D25 at a cumulative frequency of 25% of a particle of the synthetic polyisoprene and/or styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer included in the polymer latex is 1.90 or more and 2.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode capable of forming an electrode for a non-aqueous secondary battery that can cause a non-aqueous secondary battery to display excellent low-temperature cycle characteristics and low-temperature output characteristics. The binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode contains a polymer and a solvent. The polymer is a block copolymer including an aromatic vinyl monomer unit and an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit having a carbon number of 5 or more. The amount of the polymer that elutes into electrolyte solution is not less than 1 mass % and not more than 20 mass %.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery with which it is possible to form a functional layer that can provide a battery component such as an electrode or a separator with a balance of excellent handleability and process adhesiveness. The binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery contains: polymer particles containing a block polymer including a block region composed of an aromatic vinyl monomer unit; a water-soluble polymer including a hydrophilic group; and water. The block polymer has a diblock content of not less than 0 mass % and not more than 60 mass %. The water-soluble polymer has a weight-average molecular weight of not less than 15,000 and not more than 500,000.

Abstract: A binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery including: a water-insoluble polymer and a water-soluble polymer, wherein the water-insoluble polymer contains 70% by weight or more and 100% by weight or less of an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit, and the water-soluble polymer has a carboxy group and a hydroxy group. The water-soluble polymer preferably contains a carboxy group-containing monomer unit and a hydroxy group-containing monomer unit. Also provided are a slurry composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery, including the binder composition, an electrode, a separator, a secondary battery and methods for producing the same.

Abstract: A polymer latex, including a polymerization step of polymerizing a monomer in organic solvent to thereby obtain polymer solution of synthetic polyisoprene and/or styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer, antioxidant addition step of adding antioxidant to the polymer solution of synthetic polyisoprene and/or styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer at proportion of 0.01-1.00 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the synthetic polyisoprene and/or styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer, and emulsification step of emulsifying the polymer solution which the antioxidant is added, in water in the presence of a surfactant, to thereby obtain polymer latex, wherein the emulsification performs in the emulsification step so the ratio D75/D25 of the volume particle size D75 at a cumulative frequency of 75% to the volume particle size D25 at a cumulative frequency of 25% of a particle of the synthetic polyisoprene and/or styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer included in the polymer latex is 1.90 or more and 2.

Abstract: A method for producing a polymer latex, including an emulsification step of emulsifying a polymer solution obtained by dissolution of synthetic polyisoprene and/or a styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer having a molecular weight distribution of 1.0 to 2.6 in an organic solvent, in water in the presence of a surfactant, to thereby obtain an emulsified liquid, wherein as the synthetic polyisoprene and/or styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer, used are/is synthetic polyisoprene and/or a styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer which, when dissolved in an organic solvent to thereby be formed into a polymer solution having a viscosity at a temperature of 60° C. of 20,000 cps, have/has a solid content concentration in the range of 10 to 60% by weight.