The present invention relates to a positive
electrode material including a plurality of single particle-based positive
electrode active material particles, wherein the single particle-based positive
electrode active material particle includes 1 to 30 primary particles, the product of an arithmetic mean value of the circularities of the primary particles and an arithmetic mean value of the convexities of the primary particles, which are measured from the segmentation image partitioned for each primary particle unit obtained by image-
processing a
scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of the positive
electrode material, is at least 0.60, the circularity is defined by Equation 1 below, the convexity is defined by Equation 2 below, and the single particle-based positive electrode active material includes a
lithium nickel-based
oxide having a composition represented by Formula 1 below: Circularity=4πA / P2 wherein, in Equation 1 above, A is the area of each primary particle measured from the segmentation image, and P is the circumference of each primary particle measured from the segmentation image, Convexity=Pc / Pr wherein, in Equation 2 above, Pr is the actual circumference of each primary particle measured from the segmentation image, and Pc is the circumference of a virtual figure obtained by connecting the outermost points of each primary particle measured from the segmentation image, and [Formula 1] Lia[NixCoyM1zM21-x-y-z]O2 wherein, in Formula 1 above, M1 includes Mn, Al, or a combination thereof, M2 includes at least one selected from the group consisting of B, Ba, Ce, Cr, F, Mg, Al, V, Ti, Fe, Zr, Zn, Si, Y, Nb, Ga, Sn, Mo, W, P, and Sr, 1.0≤a≤1.3, 0.5≤x<1.0, 0<y<0.5, and 0<z<0.5.