One embodiment provides a
cathode active material having a disordered rock salt structure, improving the migration rate of
lithium ions, and enabling excellent capacity characteristics and life characteristics, a
cathode including the same, and a secondary battery. 【Solution means】A
cathode active material having a disordered rock salt structure and containing a compound represented by
Chemical Formula 1, where M 1 has an oxidation number of +2 for the whole, 1 provides a cathode active material with a ratio of 25 at% or less, a method for producing the same, a cathode, and a secondary battery. [
Chemical Formula 1] A x M 1 2-x-y M 2 y O 2-a X a (In
Chemical Formula 1, A is one or more elements selected from Li and Na, M 1 is one or more elements selected from Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cr, and V, M 2 is one or more elements selected from Ti, Zr, Nb, Mo, Ta, and W, X is a
halogen element, x / (2 - x)>1.1, 0