Detailed Description
In order to make the technical problems, technical schemes and beneficial effects to be solved more clear, the invention is further described in detail below with reference to the embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "first," "second," and the like are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more such feature. In the description of the present invention, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more, unless explicitly defined otherwise.
The embodiment of the invention provides a preparation method of an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene battery diaphragm, which comprises the following steps:
s01, providing ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, white oil A and white oil B, wherein the viscosity of the white oil A is 80-100 mm at 40 DEG C 2 S, and the viscosity of the white oil B is less than the viscosity of the white oil A;
s02, carrying out melt extrusion treatment on the ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene and the white oil A under a heating condition after feeding treatment to obtain a substrate formed by co-melting the ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene and the white oil A;
s03, replacing and cooling the substrate by a cooling roller; wherein the replacement-cooling treatment comprises a white oil B replacement treatment and a water cooling treatment, and the method for the white oil B replacement treatment comprises the following steps: providing a cooling tank containing the white oil B, placing a first cooling roller and a second cooling roller at least partially in the white oil B, extruding the molten mixture, driving the molten mixture by the first cooling roller and the second cooling roller, and replacing and primarily cooling the molten mixture in the white oil B;
s04, sequentially performing longitudinal stretching, primary transverse stretching, extraction and secondary transverse stretching treatment on the cooled substrate, and performing heat setting to form a roll.
The embodiment of the invention provides a preparation method of an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene battery diaphragm, wherein the viscosity of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene battery diaphragm is 80-100 mm at 40 DEG C 2 The white oil A with high viscosity is favorable for ensuring the mixing effect of polyethylene melt and white oil on one hand; on the other hand, the white oil A has high viscosity, so that low-temperature extrusion can be realized in the extrusion process, thereby effectively preventing the degradation of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and further improving the film performance. Simultaneously, in the cooling forming step, a white oil B cooling device is provided before water cooling treatment, a first cooling roller and a second cooling roller are at least partially arranged in the white oil B with lower viscosity, the white oil A with higher viscosity in the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene/white oil A mixture is replaced by driving the first cooling roller and the second cooling roller, and further the white oil component is fully eluted in the extraction process, and further the obtained ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene is ensuredPerformance of the battery separator.
Specifically, in the step S01, the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene has the advantage of having almost zero melt fluidity and hardly deforming at 200 ℃ as a matrix component of a battery separator, particularly a lithium ion battery separator. Preferably, in the embodiment of the invention, the weight average molecular weight of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene is 150-250 ten thousand, and the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene in the range has the advantages of high mechanical strength, good low temperature resistance, long service life and good low temperature resistance when used as a battery diaphragm. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the ultra high molecular weight polyethylene has a weight average molecular weight of 180 ten thousand.
The white oil A is used as a pore-forming agent of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene in the preparation process of the wet diaphragm, is uniformly dispersed with the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene before film formation, and is removed by extraction after film formation, and pore channels are formed at positions after the white oil A is removed in a finally obtained substrate to form electrolyte channels. Specifically, the white oil A has a viscosity of 80-100 mm at 40 DEG C 2 And/s. At this time, the temperature of the white oil A is higher, so that the mixing effect of the polyethylene melt and the white oil is guaranteed; meanwhile, the extrusion temperature in the extrusion process can be effectively reduced, so that the degradation of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene is effectively prevented, and the film performance is further improved.
The white oil B is a functional component added in the cooling treatment process and is used for replacing high-viscosity white oil in the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene/white oil A mixture by the white oil B with lower viscosity. Furthermore, in the subsequent extraction process, the viscosity of the white oil B is lower, so that the white oil B is favorable for full removal, a better pore channel structure is formed, and the passing of electrolyte is facilitated; while preventing white oil residue from affecting other properties of the separator.
In the above step S02, the ultra high molecular weight polyethylene and the white oil a are fed. In some embodiments, the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and the white oil a may be mixed before being fed into the extruder together. In other embodiments, the melt extrusion process is performed after the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and the white oil a are fed separately from different feeding ports of the extruder.
In a preferred embodiment, the weight percentage of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene is 15% to 20% based on 100% of the total weight of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and the white oil a, thereby enabling to obtain a uniform, flat and good film-layer performance substrate. If the content of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene is too low, the molten mixture is over-olefine, and the film forming performance is poor; if the content of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene is too high, the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene is not easy to be fully and uniformly mixed, the extrusion effect is poor, unmelted ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene particles are easy to appear in the obtained film layer, the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene particles are broken in the subsequent stretching process, and a qualified diaphragm cannot be prepared.
In the embodiment of the invention, the viscosity of the white oil A is 80-100 mm 2 As a result, at lower extrusion temperatures, the viscosity of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and the white oil are relatively close to each other, and a molten homogeneous mixture is obtained. In a specific embodiment, the temperature of the extrusion treatment of the extruder is 160-190 ℃ so as to obtain a better extrusion effect. If the temperature of the extrusion treatment is too high, the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene is easy to degrade, so that the performance of the finally obtained battery diaphragm is affected; if the temperature of the extrusion treatment is too low, it is unfavorable for sufficient melt extrusion.
Further, the rotating speed of the screw rod of the extruder is 100-300 rpm in the extrusion treatment process, so that eutectic with good shearing effect can be obtained. If the rotating speed of the screw is too high, the high polymer is degraded due to too high shearing heat of the high polymer, so that the performance of the finally obtained battery diaphragm is affected.
In the above step S03, the substrate is subjected to a substitution-cooling treatment. The embodiment of the present invention is different from the conventional cooling treatment method in that a substitution-cooling treatment is employed, and the substitution-cooling treatment includes a white oil B substitution treatment step and a water cooling treatment step. Specifically, the high-viscosity white oil A in the substrate obtained after extrusion is replaced by the low-viscosity white oil B through the white oil B replacement treatment step; and further, carrying out water cooling treatment on the white oil B after the replacement treatment, and finally obtaining the substrate.
In the embodiment of the invention, the viscosity of the white oil B is smaller than that of the white oil A, and then the white oil B can be removed by extraction after being replaced by the white oil A in the film layer, so that a pore channel structure is formed. Preferably, the viscosity of the white oil B at 40 ℃ is 40-50 mm 2 And the viscosity difference between the white oil B and the white oil A is less than 50mm 2 And/s. At this time, the white oil B has a proper viscosity and can be removed by an extractant, in particular, methylene chloride, chloroform and carbon tetrachloride; and the verified viscosity difference facilitates the displacement between white oil a and white oil B.
In a specific embodiment, the method for replacing the white oil B comprises the following steps: providing a cooling tank filled with the white oil B, and placing the first cooling roller and the second cooling roller at least partially in the white oil B to form a white oil B cooling device in a combined way, as shown in figure 1. And after the molten mixture is extruded, the molten mixture is driven by the first cooling roller and the second cooling roller to perform preliminary cooling and replacement of the white oil in the white oil B.
In the step of the white oil B replacement treatment, heat conducting oil is introduced into the first cooling roller and the second cooling roller, the temperature of the white oil B in the cooling tank is 60-80 ℃, and the temperature of the heat conducting oil of the first cooling roller and the second cooling roller is the same as the temperature of the white oil B. This temperature facilitates the initial shaping of the molten mixture and allows for efficient displacement during shaping.
The substrate which is preliminarily molded after the white oil B replacement treatment is further subjected to water cooling treatment, and preferably, the water cooling treatment method comprises the following steps: and cooling water is filled in the third cooling roller, and the substrate formed after the white oil B replacement treatment is cooled and formed by the third cooling roller.
In the embodiment of the invention, preferably, a scraper for scraping off white oil on the surface of the primary-made substrate is arranged between the second cooling roller and the third cooling roller, so that the oil content on the surface of the obtained substrate is relatively uniform, and further, the obtained substrate is heated uniformly (more places are included, the heating effect is good, and the difference between the heating effect and the stretching effect of other places is obvious) in the subsequent stretching process, thereby realizing uniform stretching.
In the step S04, the cooled substrate is sequentially subjected to longitudinal stretching, primary transverse stretching, extraction and secondary transverse stretching, and then heat-set into a roll, which can be implemented by a conventional method. Preferably, the extractant used in the extraction is at least one selected from dichloromethane, chloroform and tetrachloromethane, which is favorable for the sufficient elution of white oil B, and particularly preferably dichloromethane.
The following description is made with reference to specific embodiments.
Example 1
The preparation method of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene battery diaphragm comprises the following steps:
s11, providing ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene with weight average molecular weight of 180 ten thousand and viscosity of 85mm 2 White oil A/s and viscosity of 50mm 2 White oil B/s;
s12, mixing the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and the white oil A according to the weight ratio of 1:5, after being uniformly mixed, feeding the mixture into an extruder (the total feeding amount is 300 kg/h), and carrying out melt extrusion treatment under the conditions that the temperature is 185 ℃ and the extrusion screw speed is 200rpm to obtain a substrate formed by co-melting the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and the white oil A;
s13, carrying out replacement-cooling treatment on the molten mixture from the die head through a cooling roller; wherein the replacement-cooling treatment comprises a white oil B replacement treatment and a water cooling treatment, and the method for the white oil B replacement treatment comprises the following steps: providing a cooling tank containing the white oil B, placing a first cooling roller and a second cooling roller at least partially in the white oil B with the temperature of 80 ℃, introducing heat conduction oil into the rollers of the first cooling roller and the second cooling roller, setting the temperature of 80 ℃, extruding the molten mixture, driving the molten mixture by the first cooling roller and the second cooling roller, and replacing and primarily cooling the molten mixture in the white oil B; the water cooling treatment method comprises the following steps: cooling water is filled in the third cooling roller, and the temperature is set to be 15 ℃;
s14, sequentially carrying out longitudinal stretching, primary transverse stretching, extraction and secondary transverse stretching treatment on the cooled substrate, and then carrying out heat setting and rolling, wherein the linear speed during extraction is 35m/min, extracting agent dichloromethane is injected into the groove, and the fresh dichloromethane is added by 400kg/h.
Example 2
The preparation method of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene battery diaphragm comprises the following steps:
s21, providing ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene with weight average molecular weight of 180 ten thousand and viscosity of 85mm 2 White oil A/s and viscosity of 50mm 2 White oil B/s;
s22, mixing the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and the white oil A according to the weight ratio of 1:5, after being uniformly mixed, feeding the mixture into an extruder (the total feeding amount is 300 kg/h), and carrying out melt extrusion treatment under the conditions that the temperature is 195 ℃ and the extrusion screw speed is 200rpm to obtain a substrate formed by co-melting the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and the white oil A;
s23, carrying out replacement-cooling treatment on the substrate coming out of the die head through a cooling roller; wherein the replacement-cooling treatment comprises a white oil B replacement treatment and a water cooling treatment, and the method for the white oil B replacement treatment comprises the following steps: providing a cooling tank containing the white oil B, placing a first cooling roller and a second cooling roller at least partially in the white oil B with the temperature of 80 ℃, introducing heat conduction oil into the rollers of the first cooling roller and the second cooling roller, setting the temperature of 80 ℃, extruding the molten mixture, driving the molten mixture by the first cooling roller and the second cooling roller, and replacing and primarily cooling the molten mixture in the white oil B; the water cooling treatment method comprises the following steps: cooling water is filled in the third cooling roller, and the temperature is set to be 15 ℃;
s24, sequentially performing longitudinal stretching, primary transverse stretching, extraction and secondary transverse stretching treatment on the cooled substrate, and performing heat setting to form a roll, wherein the linear speed during extraction is 35m/min, extracting agent dichloromethane is injected into the groove, and the fresh dichloromethane is added by 400kg/h.
Example 3
The preparation method of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene battery diaphragm comprises the following steps:
s31, providing ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene with weight average molecular weight of 180 ten thousand and viscosity of 85mm 2 White oil A/s and viscosity50mm of 2 White oil B/s;
s32, mixing the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and the white oil A according to the weight ratio of 1:5, after being uniformly mixed, feeding the mixture into an extruder (the total feeding amount is 300 kg/h), and carrying out melt extrusion treatment under the conditions that the temperature is 220 ℃ and the rotating speed of an extrusion screw is 200rpm to obtain a substrate formed by co-melting the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and the white oil A;
s33, carrying out replacement-cooling treatment on the substrate coming out of the die head through a cooling roller; wherein the replacement-cooling treatment comprises a white oil B replacement treatment and a water cooling treatment, and the method for the white oil B replacement treatment comprises the following steps: providing a cooling tank containing the white oil B, placing a first cooling roller and a second cooling roller at least partially in the white oil B with the temperature of 80 ℃, introducing heat conduction oil into the rollers of the first cooling roller and the second cooling roller, setting the temperature of 80 ℃, extruding the molten mixture, driving the molten mixture by the first cooling roller and the second cooling roller, and replacing and primarily cooling the molten mixture in the white oil B; the water cooling treatment method comprises the following steps: cooling water is filled in the third cooling roller, and the temperature is set to be 15 ℃;
s34, sequentially carrying out longitudinal stretching, primary transverse stretching, extraction and secondary transverse stretching treatment on the cooled substrate, and carrying out heat setting and rolling, wherein the linear speed during extraction is 35m/min, extracting agent dichloromethane is injected into a groove, and the fresh dichloromethane is added by 400kg/h.
Comparative example 1
The preparation method of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene battery diaphragm comprises the following steps:
D11. providing ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene with weight average molecular weight of 180 ten thousand and viscosity of 85mm 2 White oil A;
D12. the weight ratio of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene to the white oil A is 1:5, after being uniformly mixed, feeding the mixture into an extruder (the total feeding amount is 300 kg/h), and carrying out melt extrusion treatment under the conditions that the temperature is 185 ℃ and the extrusion screw speed is 200rpm to obtain a substrate formed by co-melting the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and the white oil A;
D13. cooling the substrate coming out of the die head through a cooling roller; wherein the cooling process comprises: the substrate coming out of the die head passes through a first casting roller and a second casting roller which are internally communicated with heat conducting oil, the temperature is set to 80 ℃, and the temperature is set to 15 ℃ by the cooling water in the third casting roller;
D14. and (3) sequentially carrying out longitudinal stretching, primary transverse stretching, extraction and secondary transverse stretching treatment on the cooled substrate, and then carrying out heat setting and rolling, wherein the linear speed during extraction is 35m/min, extracting agent dichloromethane is injected into a groove, and the supplementing amount of fresh dichloromethane is 400kg/h.
Comparative example 2
The preparation method of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene battery diaphragm comprises the following steps:
D21. providing ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene with weight average molecular weight of 180 ten thousand and viscosity of 85mm 2 White oil A;
D22. the weight ratio of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene to the white oil A is 1:5, after being uniformly mixed, feeding the mixture into an extruder (the total feeding amount is 300 kg/h), and carrying out melt extrusion treatment under the conditions that the temperature is 185 ℃ and the extrusion screw speed is 200rpm to obtain a substrate formed by co-melting the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and the white oil A;
D23. cooling the substrate coming out of the die head through a cooling roller; wherein the cooling process comprises: the substrate coming out of the die head passes through a first casting roller and a second casting roller which are internally communicated with heat conducting oil, the temperature is set to 80 ℃, and the temperature is set to 15 ℃ by the cooling water in the third casting roller;
D24. and (3) sequentially carrying out longitudinal stretching, primary transverse stretching, extraction and secondary transverse stretching treatment on the cooled substrate, and then carrying out heat setting and rolling, wherein the linear speed during extraction is 35m/min, extracting agent dichloromethane is injected into a groove, and the supplementing amount of fresh dichloromethane is 1800kg/h.
Comparative example 3
The preparation method of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene battery diaphragm comprises the following steps:
D31. providing ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene with weight average molecular weight of 180 ten thousand and viscosity of 85mm 2 White oil A;
D32. the weight ratio of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene to the white oil A is 1:5, after being uniformly mixed, feeding the mixture into an extruder (the total feeding amount is 300 kg/h), and carrying out melt extrusion treatment under the conditions that the temperature is 185 ℃ and the extrusion screw speed is 200rpm to obtain a substrate formed by co-melting the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and the white oil A;
D33. cooling the substrate coming out of the die head through a cooling roller; wherein the cooling process comprises: the substrate coming out of the die head passes through a first casting roller and a second casting roller which are internally communicated with heat conducting oil, the temperature is set to 80 ℃, and the temperature is set to 15 ℃ by the cooling water in the third casting roller.
Experiments show that the film surface wrinkling phenomenon is serious because the melt viscosity is high due to the low viscosity of the white oil B.
Comparative example 4
The preparation method of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene battery diaphragm comprises the following steps:
D41. providing ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene with weight average molecular weight of 180 ten thousand and viscosity of 85mm 2 White oil A;
D42. the weight ratio of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene to the white oil A is 1:5, after being uniformly mixed, feeding the mixture into an extruder (the total feeding amount is 300 kg/h), and carrying out melt extrusion treatment under the conditions that the temperature is 185 ℃ and the extrusion screw speed is 200rpm to obtain a substrate formed by co-melting the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and the white oil A;
D43. cooling the substrate coming out of the die head through a cooling roller; wherein the cooling process comprises: the substrate coming out of the die head passes through a first casting roller and a second casting roller which are internally communicated with heat conducting oil, the temperature is set to 80 ℃, and the temperature is set to 15 ℃ by the cooling water in the third casting roller;
D44. and (3) sequentially carrying out longitudinal stretching, primary transverse stretching, extraction and secondary transverse stretching treatment on the cooled substrate, and then carrying out heat setting and rolling, wherein the linear speed during extraction is 35m/min, extracting agent dichloromethane is injected into a groove, and the supplementing amount of fresh dichloromethane is 1200kg/h.
Comparative example 5
The preparation method of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene battery diaphragm comprises the following steps:
D51. providing ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene with weight average molecular weight of 180 ten thousand and viscosity of 85mm 2 White oil A;
D52. the weight ratio of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene to the white oil A is 1:5, after being uniformly mixed, feeding the mixture into an extruder (the total feeding amount is 300 kg/h), and carrying out melt extrusion treatment under the conditions that the temperature is 220 ℃ and the rotating speed of an extrusion screw is 200rpm to obtain a substrate formed by co-melting the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and the white oil A;
D53. cooling the substrate coming out of the die head through a cooling roller; wherein the cooling process comprises: the substrate coming out of the die head passes through a first casting roller and a second casting roller which are internally communicated with heat conducting oil, the temperature is set to 80 ℃, and the temperature is set to 15 ℃ by the cooling water in the third casting roller;
D54. and (3) sequentially carrying out longitudinal stretching, primary transverse stretching, extraction and secondary transverse stretching treatment on the cooled substrate, and then carrying out heat setting and rolling, wherein the linear speed during extraction is 35m/min, extracting agent dichloromethane is injected into a groove, and the supplementing amount of fresh dichloromethane is 1200kg/h.
Comparative example 6
The preparation method of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene battery diaphragm comprises the following steps:
D61. providing ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene with weight average molecular weight of 180 ten thousand and viscosity of 85mm 2 White oil A;
D62. the weight ratio of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene to the white oil A is 1:5, after being uniformly mixed, feeding the mixture into an extruder (the total feeding amount is 300 kg/h), and carrying out melt extrusion treatment under the conditions that the temperature is 220 ℃ and the rotating speed of an extrusion screw is 200rpm to obtain a substrate formed by co-melting the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and the white oil A;
D63. cooling the substrate coming out of the die head through a cooling roller; wherein the cooling process comprises: the substrate coming out of the die head passes through a first casting roller and a second casting roller which are internally communicated with heat conducting oil, the temperature is set to 80 ℃, and the temperature is set to 15 ℃ by the cooling water in the third casting roller;
D64. and (3) sequentially carrying out longitudinal stretching, primary transverse stretching, extraction and secondary transverse stretching treatment on the cooled substrate, and then carrying out heat setting and rolling, wherein the linear speed during extraction is 35m/min, extracting agent dichloromethane is injected into a groove, and the supplementing amount of fresh dichloromethane is 1800kg/h.
The ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene battery separators provided in examples 1-3 and comparative examples 1-6 were subjected to extraction efficiency test as follows:
(1) Taking a film sample of 10cm multiplied by 10cm at the inlet of an extraction tank, and weighing the weight m0;
(2) Removing an outlet of an extraction tank to obtain a film sample of 10cm multiplied by 10cm, and weighing the weight m1;
(3) Immersing the sample in clean dichloromethane for 3 minutes, airing, and weighing m2;
(4) Soaking the sample in clean dichloromethane for 3 minutes, airing, and weighing m3;
and so on until the mass is unchanged, denoted as mz
Extraction efficiency = (m 0-m 1)/(m 0-mz) ×100%
The test results are shown in table 1 below.
TABLE 1
From examples 1, 2 and 3, comparative examples 4 and 5, it can be seen that the higher the extrusion temperature, the lower the mechanical strength of the finished product; however, if the extrusion temperature is low, poor melting may be caused. From comparative examples 1, 2 and 4, it can be seen that the higher the viscosity of the white oil used for extrusion, the greater the amount of methylene chloride circulated.
The processing method of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene diaphragm generally adopts the process of the comparative example 5 at present, and compared with the comparative example 5, the processing method of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene diaphragm has the following advantages: 1, the product strength is high, and the degradation of polyethylene can be effectively slowed down due to the lower processing temperature; 2 the energy consumption of the process is low, 0.3-0.5 kg of steam is needed for separating 1kg of mixed solution of dichloromethane and white oil, and the circulating dichloromethane amount in the embodiment of the invention is about one third of that of the common process.
The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the invention is not intended to be limiting, but rather is intended to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and principles of the invention.