POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY

Provided is a lithium secondary battery which includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode includes a lithium composite transition metal oxide powder having a layered structure and a nickel content accounting for 85 atm% or more of total transition metals, and wherein the lithium composite transition metal oxide powder undergoes a 3% or less change in lithium-oxygen (Li-O) interlayer spacing in a state-of-charge (SOC) range of 58% to 72%.