Effects of Polypropylene Orientation on Mechanical and Heat Seal Properties of Polymer-Aluminum-Polymer Composite Films for Pouch Lithium-Ion Batteries

Zeng, Fangxinyu; Chen, Jinyao; Yang, Feng; Kang, Jian; Cao, Ya; Xiang, Ming

doi:10.3390/ma11010144

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Effects of Polypropylene Orientation on Mechanical and Heat Seal Properties of Polymer-Aluminum-Polymer Composite Films for Pouch Lithium-Ion Batteries

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Fangxinyu Zeng

^†

,

Jinyao Chen

^†,

Feng Yang

,

Jian Kang

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Ya Cao

and

Ming Xiang

State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China

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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

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Fangxinyu Zeng and Jinyao Chen contribute equally to the manuscript.

Materials 2018, 11(1), 144; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11010144

Submission received: 6 December 2017 / Revised: 10 January 2018 / Accepted: 11 January 2018 / Published: 16 January 2018

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In this study, polyamide-aluminum foil-polypropylene (PA-Al-PP) composite films with different orientation status of the PP layer were prepared, and their morphology, tensile, peeling and heat seal behavior were studied. The comparative study of tensile and fracture behaviors of single-layer film of PA, Al and PP, as well as the composite films of PA-Al, PP-Al and PA-Al-PP revealed that in PA-Al-PP composite film, the PA layer with the highest tensile strength can share the tensile stress from the Al layer during stretching, while the PP layer with the lowest tensile strength can prevent further development of the small cracks on boundary of the Al layer during stretching. Moreover, the study of heat seal behavior suggested that both the orientation status and the heat seal conditions were important factors in determining the heat seal strength (HSS) and failure behavior of the sample. Four failure types were observed, and a clear correspondence between HSS and failure types was found. The results also elucidated that for the composite film, only in the cases where the tensile stress was efficiently released by each layer during HSS measurement could the composite film exhibit desired high HSS that was even higher than its tensile strength.

Keywords: composite film; lamination; heat seal behavior; tensile properties

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Zeng, F.; Chen, J.; Yang, F.; Kang, J.; Cao, Y.; Xiang, M. Effects of Polypropylene Orientation on Mechanical and Heat Seal Properties of Polymer-Aluminum-Polymer Composite Films for Pouch Lithium-Ion Batteries. Materials 2018, 11, 144. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11010144

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Zeng F, Chen J, Yang F, Kang J, Cao Y, Xiang M. Effects of Polypropylene Orientation on Mechanical and Heat Seal Properties of Polymer-Aluminum-Polymer Composite Films for Pouch Lithium-Ion Batteries. Materials. 2018; 11(1):144. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11010144

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Zeng, Fangxinyu, Jinyao Chen, Feng Yang, Jian Kang, Ya Cao, and Ming Xiang. 2018. "Effects of Polypropylene Orientation on Mechanical and Heat Seal Properties of Polymer-Aluminum-Polymer Composite Films for Pouch Lithium-Ion Batteries" Materials 11, no. 1: 144. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11010144

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Zeng, F., Chen, J., Yang, F., Kang, J., Cao, Y., & Xiang, M. (2018). Effects of Polypropylene Orientation on Mechanical and Heat Seal Properties of Polymer-Aluminum-Polymer Composite Films for Pouch Lithium-Ion Batteries. Materials, 11(1), 144. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11010144

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