POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY

This positive electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided with: a positive electrode active material including lithium composite oxide particles containing not less than 80 mol% but less than 100 mol% of Ni with respect to the total number of moles of metal elements other than Li; and a conductive material, wherein the lithium composite oxide particles include particles each having a step-like structure with three or more stacked flat surfaces having an outer edge length of 1 µm or more, and the average particle size of the conductive material is 30 nm or less.