The object of the present invention is to provide a carbonaceous material for an
anode of a nonaqueous
electrolyte secondary battery which uses a
plant-derived organic material as a
raw material, has high purity so that alkali metals such as the
potassium element and alkali earth metals such as the
calcium element are sufficiently removed by de-mineral treatment, and has excellent
discharge capacity and efficiency, a novel manufacturing method capable of efficiently
mass-producing the carbonaceous material, and a
lithium ion secondary battery using the carbonaceous material.The problem described above can be solved by a carbonaceous material for an
anode of a nonaqueous
electrolyte secondary battery obtained by carbonizing a
plant-derived organic material, the atom ratio (H / C) of
hydrogen atoms and carbon atoms according to
elemental analysis being at most 0.1, the average particle size Dv50 being from 2 to 50 μm, the average interlayer spacing of the 002 planes determined by
powder X-
ray diffraction being from 0.365 nm to 0.400 nm, the
potassium element content being at most 0.5
mass %, and the
calcium element content being at most 0.02
mass %.