POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM RECHARGEABLE BATTERY, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND LITHIUM RECHARGEABLE BATTERY INCLUDING SAME POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL

The present disclosure relates to a positive active material for a lithium rechargeable battery, a manufacturing method thereof, and a lithium rechargeable battery including the positive active material, and it provides a positive active material which is a lithium composite metal oxide including nickel, cobalt, and manganese, and either has orientation in a direction of [001] with respect to an ND axis that is equal to or greater than 29% or has orientation in a direction of [120]+[210] with respect to an RD axis that is equal to or greater than 82% in the case of an EBSD analysis with a misorientation angle (Δg) that is equal to or less than 30 degrees.