A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that uses a positive electrode containing a carbon-coated, olivine-type lithium complex compound as a positive electrode active material, wherein the positive electrode has a positive electrode active material layer containing 4 parts by weight to 6 parts by weight of a conductive material and 4 parts by weight to 8 parts by weight of a binder based on 100 parts by weight of the positive electrode active material, and the carbon coverage area ratio of the carbon-coated, olivine-type complex compound particles is 95% or more, and wherein the coverage area is measured after a uniform mixture of the binder, the conductive material and the olivine-type lithium complex compound particles is prepared to form the positive electrode active material layer;
- the packed density of the olivine-type lithium complex compound particles in the layer is 0.90 g/cm3 to 1.09 g/cm3, wherein the packed density is a value obtained by the following formula:
- packed density of olivine-type lithium complex compound particles in the layer =(weight of the olivine-type lithium complex compound particles in the layer) / (volume of the layer).