Positive Electrode Active Material for Secondary Battery, Method of Preparing the Same, and Lithium Secondary Battery Including the Positive Electrode Active Material

Abstract

A positive electrode active material for a secondary battery and a method of making the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a positive electrode active material includes lithium composite transition metal oxide particles including 70 mol % or more of nickel (Ni) among total metals excluding lithium, and a coating portion formed on surfaces of the lithium composite transition metal oxide particles, wherein the coating portion includes a compound including fluorine and at least one selected from the group consisting of aluminum (Al), titanium (Ti), magnesium (Mg), zirconium (Zr), tungsten (W), and strontium (Sr), wherein the positive electrode active material has a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) specific surface area is in a range of 0.1 m2/g to 0.9 m2/g, and an amount of a lithium by-product on a surface of the positive electrode active material is 0.65 wt % or less based on a total weight of the positive electrode active material.

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