CPC H01M 4/505 (2013.01) [C01G 53/50 (2013.01); H01M 4/525 (2013.01); H01M 10/0525 (2013.01); C01P 2002/52 (2013.01); C01P 2002/74 (2013.01); C01P 2002/78 (2013.01); C01P 2006/12 (2013.01); C01P 2006/40 (2013.01); H01M 2004/021 (2013.01); H01M 2004/028 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. A cathode active material used for a lithium ion secondary battery comprising:
a lithium transition metal composite oxide represented by the following Formula (1):
Li1+aNibCocMndMeO2+α (1)
where M contains at least one kind of metal elements selected from a group consisting of Al, Ti, Zn, Ga, Zr, Mo, Nb, V, Sn, Mg, Ta, Ba, W and Y; a, b, c, d, e, and a are respectively numbers satisfying the following conditions: −0.04≤a≤0.04, 0.80≤b<1.00, 0.01≤c≤0.04, 0<d<0.20, b+c+d+e=1, −0.2<α<0.2, wherein
c and d in the Formula (1) satisfy 0<c/d≤0.75.
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