CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL FOR NEGATIVE POLE ACTIVE SUBSTANCE OF NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, NEGATIVE POLE FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL

The present invention relates to a carbonaceous material that is suitable for the negative pole active substance of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, a negative pole for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising the carbonaceous material, a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having the negative pole, and a method for producing the carbonaceous material. This carbonaceous material is for a negative pole active substance of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery. The carbonaceous material is derived from plants, the half-width of the peak at approximately 1360 cm-1 of the Raman spectrum observed by laser Raman spectroscopy is 190 to 240 cm-1, and the specific surface area as found by multipoint BET analysis of nitrogen adsorption is 10 to 100 m2/g.