Provided is a
metal-air secondary battery which is capable of suppressing a decrease in
discharge potential and an increase in
overvoltage despite containing an air
electrode catalyst for
discharge, which is a carbon-based catalyst. This
metal-air secondary battery is provided with: a comb-shaped air
electrode layer for charging, which contains an air
electrode catalyst for charging, a conductive material, and a binder; a comb-shaped air electrode layer for
discharge, which contains an air electrode catalyst for discharge, which is a carbon-based catalyst, and a binder, and which is provided so as to be separated from and mesh with the comb-shaped air electrode layer for charge in the same plane; a
metal negative electrode layer provided so as to face a composite air electrode layer comprising the air electrode layer for charging and the air electrode layer for discharging in the same plane; an
electrolyte solution impregnated in the metal negative electrode layer; and a separator which is interposed between the composite air electrode layer and the metal negative electrode layer so as to be in contact with the composite air electrode layer, and which separates the composite air electrode layer from the metal negative electrode layer so as to enable
hydroxide ion conduction.