The invention provides a
lithium ion battery, a positive active material thereof and a preparation method of the positive active material. The positive active material of the
lithium ion battery comprises a first positive active material and a second positive active material, wherein the general formula of the first positive active material is Li1+aNixMnyMzO2, M is at least one of Co, Al, Mg, Zr, Ti, Ca, V and Sr, a is smaller than or equal to 0.1 and larger than or equal to 0, and a+x+y+z is equal to 1, x is smaller than 0.8 and larger than 0, y is smaller than 0.6 and larger than 0, and z is smaller than 0.6 and larger than 0; and the second positive active material is wrapped on the surface of the first positive active material and has an NASICON structure, the universal formula of the second positive active material is LibV2-uM'u(PO4)3, b is smaller than or equal to 3 and larger than 2, u is smaller than or equal to 0.3 and larger than or equal to 0.1, and M' is at least one of Fe, Mn, Ni, Ti, Al and Mg. According to the invention, the positive active material of the
lithium ion battery can improve the safety performance, the
high voltage stability and the
cycling performance of lithium
transition metal oxide, and the specific capacity and the
energy density of the whole positive active material can not be reduced; and in addition, through controlling the
voltage, the
overcharge of the lithium
transition metal oxide can be prevented, and the
structure collapse of the overcharged lithium
transition metal oxide is effectively restrained, so that the safety performance is improved.