This invention provides active materials, electrodes, secondary batteries, battery packs, and vehicles for secondary batteries that achieve excellent fast charge /
discharge performance and cycle life. It provides an active material comprising a
composite oxide having a
crystal structure comprising a
rhenium oxide-type bulk structure containing an octahedral structure composed of
oxygen and
metal elements, and formed by the common vertices of the octahedral structure. The
composite oxide is in the form of the general formula Li. a M b NbMo c O d M is selected from any one or more of Ti, V, Ta, Fe, Co, Mn, Ni, Bi, Sb, As, P, Cr, W, B, Na, K, Mg, Al, Ca, Y, and Si, where 0 ≤ a ≤ b + 2 + 3c, 0 ≤ b ≤ 1.5, 0 ≤ c ≤ 0.5, and 2.33 ≤ d / (1 + b + c) ≤ 2.50. In the
micro Raman spectrophotometer of the
composite oxide at an
excitation wavelength of 532 nm, the value is located at 640 ± 10 cm⁻¹. ‑1 The displacement S1 of the Raman peak P1 originating from the Mo-O bond is located at 920±20cm. ‑1 The difference in displacement S2 of the Raman peak P2 originating from the Nb-O bond is 285 cm. ‑1 above.