Positive electrode active material particle including core including lithium cobalt oxide and shell including lithium cobalt phosphate and preparation method thereof

Abstract

Provided is a positive electrode active material particle including a core that includes lithium cobalt oxide represented by the following Chemical Formula 1; and a shell that is located on the surface of the core and includes lithium cobalt phosphate represented by the following Chemical Formula 2, wherein the shell has a tetrahedral phase: LiaCo(1-x)MxO2-yAy  (1) wherein M is at least one of Ti, Mg, Zn, Si, Al, Zr, V, Mn, Nb, or Ni, A is oxygen-substitutional halogen, and 0.95≤a≤1.05, 0≤x≤0.2, 0≤y≤0.2, and 0≤x+y≤0.2, LibCoPO4  (2) wherein 0≤b≤1.

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