A positive electrode active material comprising a lithium composite transition metal oxide, which is in the form of a single particle or in the form of a secondary particle in which at most 10 primary particles are aggregated, and which comprises two or more selected from nickel, cobalt, or manganese,
- wherein the lithium composite transition metal oxide has a particle size distribution satisfying a following Expression 1:
- 0.04
- <
- sk
-
- ewness
- mode
-
- value
- ×
- 3
- <
- 0.05
- ,
- (
- 1
- )
- wherein
- the skewness is a value calculated according to a following Expression 2:
- 3
- ×
- (
- volume
-
- average
-
- particle
-
- diameter
-
- (
- unit
- :
- μm
- )
-
- value
- )
- -
- (
- D
- 50
- (
- unit
- :
- μm
- )
-
- value
- )
- standard
-
- deviation
-
- of
-
- lithium
-
- composite
-
- transition
-
- metal
- oxide
-
- particle
-
- diameter
- ,
- (
- 2
- )
- and
- the mode value is a particle diameter value when a y value is maximum in a particle size distribution curve in which an x-axis is a particle diameter (unit:
- μm) of the lithium composite transition metal oxide and a y-axis is a volume percentage (unit:
- %).