Abstract: A slurry composition for non-aqueous secondary battery functional layers contains non-conductive particles, a water-soluble polymer having an average degree of polymerization of 50 or more and 450 or less, a binder, and water.

Abstract: Provided is a method of efficiently producing a slurry for a secondary battery functional layer having non-conductive inorganic particles well dispersed in water. The method of producing a slurry includes a step of performing pulverizing and dispersing treatment of a composition containing non-conductive inorganic particles and water to obtain a dispersion liquid, and further includes either or both: a step of mixing the non-conductive inorganic particles and the water with a dispersant that includes a sulfo group and has a weight-average molecular weight of not less than 1,000 and not more than 15,000, before the step of performing pulverizing and dispersing treatment, to prepare the composition; and a step of adding a dispersant that includes a sulfo group and has a weight-average molecular weight of not less than 1,000 and not more than 15,000 to the dispersion liquid after the step of performing pulverizing and dispersing treatment.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for a secondary battery porous membrane having excellent redispersibility. The composition for a secondary battery porous membrane contains inorganic oxide particles X, a metal hydroxide Y, a binder, and water. The metal hydroxide Y is a divalent or trivalent hydroxide, and is contained in an amount of at least 0.001 parts by mass and not more than 10 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the inorganic oxide particles X.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery that enables formation of a functional layer and an electrode mixed material layer having high transition metal capturing ability. The binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery contains a water-soluble polymer and water. The water-soluble polymer includes a sulfonate group-containing monomer unit in a proportion of at least 10 mass % and not more than 50 mass % and a (meth)acrylonitrile monomer unit in a proportion of 20 mass % or more.

Abstract: A composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer contains a binder and inorganic particles including a sulfonate group. A non-aqueous secondary battery includes a functional layer for a non-aqueous secondary battery that is formed using this composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer.

Abstract: A slurry composition for non-aqueous secondary battery functional layers contains non-conductive particles, a water-soluble polymer having an average degree of polymerization of 50 or more and 450 or less, a binder, and water.

Abstract: Provided is a technique for capturing transition metal ions, such as cobalt ions, in a secondary battery that elute into an electrolysis solution from a positive electrode active material. A porous membrane for a lithium ion secondary battery contains non-conductive particles and a particulate polymer. The particulate polymer includes an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit in a proportion of greater than 85 mass %. The cobalt concentration in a film of 500 ?m in thickness and 12 mm in diameter, formed from the particulate polymer, after the film is immersed in a specific cobalt chloride solution for 5 days at 25° C. is at least 300 mass ppm.

Abstract: The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a composition for a second battery porous membrane having an excellent redispersibility. The disclosed composition for a second battery porous membrane contains ?-alumina-based modified particles, a particulate binder and water, and each ?-alumina-based modified particle has a peak in a region from 3500 cm?1 to 3600 cm?1 in an infrared diffuse reflectance spectrometry.

Abstract: Provided is a binder for a non-aqueous secondary battery that has excellent preservation stability and binding capacity, and that can suppress viscosity elevation of a slurry composition. The binder for a non-aqueous secondary battery contains a particulate polymer and water. The particulate polymer has a degree of swelling in an aqueous medium at pH 5 of less than a factor of 2 and has a degree of swelling in an aqueous medium at pH 8 of at least a factor of 2 and no greater than a factor of 7.

Abstract: A porous membrane separator for a secondary battery, comprising a separator substrate, a porous membrane formed on at least one surface of the separator substrate, and an adhesive layer formed on the porous membrane, wherein: the porous membrane contains non-conductive particles and a water-soluble maleimide-maleic acid copolymer including a specific structural unit (a) a structural unit (b); and the adhesive layer contains a particulate polymer having a glass transition temperature of 10° C. or higher and 110° C. or lower.

Abstract: A composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer contains a binder and inorganic particles including a sulfonate group. A non-aqueous secondary battery includes a functional layer for a non-aqueous secondary battery that is formed using this composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery that enables formation of a functional layer and an electrode mixed material layer having high transition metal capturing ability. The binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery contains a water-soluble polymer and water. The water-soluble polymer includes a sulfonate group-containing monomer unit in a proportion of at least 10 mass % and not more than 50 mass % and a (meth)acrylonitrile monomer unit in a proportion of 20 mass % or more.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for a secondary battery porous membrane having excellent redispersibility. The composition for a secondary battery porous membrane contains inorganic oxide particles X, a metal hydroxide Y, a binder, and water. The metal hydroxide Y is a divalent or trivalent hydroxide, and is contained in an amount of at least 0.001 parts by mass and not more than 10 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the inorganic oxide particles X.

Abstract: Provided is a technique for capturing transition metal ions, such as cobalt ions, in a secondary battery that elute from a positive electrode active material and for preventing deposition of transition metal at a negative electrode. A composition for a lithium ion secondary battery porous membrane that contains non-conductive particles and a binding material is provided. The binding material includes a polymer A including an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit in a proportion of greater than 85 mass % and a polymer B including a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer unit in a proportion of at least 60 mass %. A mass basis ratio of content of the polymer A relative to content of the polymer B is at least 0.2 and no greater than 9.0.

Abstract: The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a composition for a second battery porous membrane having an excellent redispersibility. The disclosed composition for a second battery porous membrane contains ?-alumina-based modified particles, a particulate binder and water, and each ?-alumina-based modified particle has a peak in a region from 3500 cm?1 to 3600 cm?1 in an infrared diffuse reflectance spectrometry.

Abstract: Provided are a secondary battery separator having good heat durability, high adhesion property with the electrode active material layer formed on the current collector, and good anti-blocking property, and a secondary battery having such a secondary battery separator. The secondary battery separator of the present invention includes an organic separator layer, a heat-durable layer formed adjacent to at least one surface of the organic separator layer, and an adhesive layer formed on the heat-durable layer, wherein the heat-durable layer contains non-conductive particles and a binder, and the adhesive layer contains a particulate polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 10 to 100° C.

Abstract: A composition for a porous membrane of a secondary battery including a non-conductive particle and a water-soluble polymer, wherein the water-soluble polymer contains 80% by weight or more of a (meth)acrylamide monomer unit, and the water-soluble polymer has a storage modulus at 150° C. of 2.0×105 Pa or more; and a porous membrane manufactured therefrom and a secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: Provided is a binder for a non-aqueous secondary battery that has excellent preservation stability and binding capacity, and that can suppress viscosity elevation of a slurry composition. The binder for a non-aqueous secondary battery contains a particulate polymer and water. The particulate polymer has a degree of swelling in an aqueous medium at pH 5 of less than a factor of 2 and has a degree of swelling in an aqueous medium at pH 8 of at least a factor of 2 and no greater than a factor of 7.

Abstract: Provided is a technique for capturing transition metal ions, such as cobalt ions, in a secondary battery that elute from a positive electrode active material and for preventing deposition of transition metal at a negative electrode. A composition for a lithium ion secondary battery porous membrane that contains non-conductive particles and a binding material is provided. The binding material includes a polymer A including an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit in a proportion of greater than 85 mass % and a polymer B including a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer unit in a proportion of at least 60 mass %. A mass basis ratio of content of the polymer A relative to content of the polymer B is at least 0.2 and no greater than 9.0.

Abstract: Provided is a technique for capturing transition metal ions, such as cobalt ions, in a secondary battery that elute into an electrolysis solution from a positive electrode active material. A porous membrane for a lithium ion secondary battery contains non-conductive particles and a particulate polymer. The particulate polymer includes an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit in a proportion of greater than 85 mass %. The cobalt concentration in a film of 500 ?m in thickness and 12 mm in diameter, formed from the particulate polymer, after the film is immersed in a specific cobalt chloride solution for 5 days at 25° C. is at least 300 mass ppm.