To produce active material particles for a lithium ion secondary battery, which have favorable surface smoothness, with which the cycle characteristics can be improved while an increase in the internal resistance of an active material layer is suppressed, and with which decomposition of the electrolyte can be suppressed even at a high voltage.
Active material particles (X) for a lithium ion secondary battery are contacted with a composition containing a compound (a) having a metal element (M) selected from the group consisting of Li, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Pb, Y, Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Al, In, Sn, Sb, Bi, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Gd, Dy, Er and Yb and a composition containing a fluoropolymer (b) having repeating units represented by —[CF2—CR1, R2]— (wherein each of R1 and R2 is H, F or —CF3), followed by heating.