A carbon material, the carbon material comprising particles, each of the particles comprising an external region and an internal region inside the external region, the external region being a region formed by extending for a distance of 0.25 L from a surface of the particle of the carbon material towards interior of the particle, L being a short-axis length of the particle of the carbon material;
- the particle having more than one pore structure, a total pore area of the pore structures in the external region being denoted as S1 and a total pore area of the pore structures in the internal region being denoted as S2, and S2>S1, 1.5≤S2/S1≤500.