A lithium-nickel-cobalt-manganese composite oxide powder for a positive electrode of a lithium secondary battery, which has a large volume capacity density and high safety and is excellent in the charge and discharge cyclic durability, is presented.
It is a lithium-nickel-cobalt-manganese composite oxide powder for a lithium secondary battery, represented by the formula LipNixCoyMnzMqO2-aFa (wherein M is a transition metal element other than Ni, Co or Mn, or an alkaline earth metal element, 0.9≦p≦1.1, 0.2≦x≦0.5, 0.1≦y≦0.4, 0.2≦z≦0.5, 0≦q≦0.05, 1.9≦2-a≦2.1, x+y+z+q=1, and 0≦a≦0.02). The lithium-nickel-cobalt-manganese composite oxide is an agglomerated granular composite oxide powder having an average particle size D50 of from 3 to 15 μm, formed by agglomeration of many fine particles, and the compression breaking strength of the powder is at least 50 MPa.