Disclosed is an organic/inorganic composite separator including: a porous
substrate having pores; and a porous active layer containing a mixture of
inorganic particles and a binder polymer with which at least one surface
of the porous substrate is coated. The organic/inorganic composite
separator of the present invention may be useful to enhance peeling and
scratch resistances and improve a lamination characteristic by
introducing a porous active layer onto a porous substrate having pores,
the porous active layer having heterogeneity of morphology toward a
thickness direction in which a content ratio of the binder
polymer/inorganic particles present in a surface layer is higher than
that of the binder polymer/inorganic particles present inside the surface
layer. Accordingly, the stability and performances of a battery can be
improved together since the detachment of inorganic particles from the
porous active layer may be reduced during the assembly process of the
electrochemical device.