| CPC H01M 4/525 (2013.01) [C01G 53/50 (2013.01); H01M 4/505 (2013.01); H01M 10/0525 (2013.01); C01P 2002/70 (2013.01); C01P 2004/51 (2013.01); H01M 2004/021 (2013.01); H01M 2004/028 (2013.01)] | 8 Claims |

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1. A positive electrode active material for a secondary battery, comprising:
a lithium composite transition metal oxide comprising nickel (Ni), and at least one of cobalt (Co), manganese (Mn), or aluminum (Al),
wherein the nickel (Ni) among metals excluding lithium of the lithium composite transition metal oxide is included in an amount of 60 mol % or more, and
wherein the lithium composite transition metal oxide satisfies Equation 2:
Δ size(|crystallite sizeIB−crystallite sizeFWHM|)≤20 [Equation 2]
wherein, crystallite sizeFWHM is a crystallite size obtained by calculating from X-ray diffraction (XRD) data using a full width at half maximum (FWHM) method, and crystallite sizeIB is a crystallite size obtained by calculating from XRD data using an integral breadth (IB) method.
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