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.