Provided is 
lithium secondary 
cell and positive 
electrode active material, positive plate, and method for manufacturing them. A 
lithium secondary 
cell comprises a positive 
electrode active material containing a 
crystal in which the size of 
crystallite in the direction parallel to the (003) plane of the 
crystal of 
lithium cobaltate is 800 ANGSTROM or more and the coordinate number of a 
cobalt atom with respect to another 
cobalt atom is 5.7 or more. The characteristics such as the rate characteristics, low-temperature characteristics, and cycle characteristics of the lithium secondary 
cell are improved. By adding preferable 
modes of the positive plate, for example, (a mode in which 50% or less of the surface of the positive 
electrode active material is covered with an 
electrically conductive material), (a mode in which the 
porosity of the positive electrode 
coating layer lies in the range from 0.08 cc / g to 0.14 cc / g by using two kinds of 
electrically conductive material having a particle size of 3 mu m or more and 2 mu m or less or by using one kind of 
electrically conductive material having a particle size of 10 mu m or less), and (a mode in which the specific area of the positive plate 
coating layer lies in the range from 0.5 m<2> / g to 1.0 m<2> / g by using an electrically conductive material containing at least 
carbon black), and further adding a mode of a combination of a preferable negative electrode active material and a preferable 
electrolyte, a more preferable lithium secondary cell has a sufficient cell capacity, and excellent characteristics such as the cycle characteristics, preservation characteristics, safety, and low-temperature characteristics.