Abstract: Cathode active materials for lithium secondary batteries and lithium secondary batteries including the cathode active materials are disclosed. In some implementations, a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes a lithium metal phosphate particle having a crystallite size in a range from 150 nm to 450 nm in a direction of a crystallographic plane (020) as measured by an X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. In some implementations, a lithium secondary battery includes a cathode including a cathode active material layer that includes a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery, and an anode facing the cathode. In some implementations, an electrode crystallite size ratio defined by Equation 4 is in a range from 0.5 to 0.9.

Abstract: A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes first lithium metal phosphate particles, each first lithium metal phosphate particle having a secondary particle shape formed by aggregation of primary particles and having an average particle diameter (D50) in a range from 5 ?m to 10 ?m, second lithium metal phosphate particles, each having a single particle and having an average particle diameter in a range from 1 ?m to 3 ?m, and third lithium metal phosphate particles, each having a single particle shape and having an average particle diameter less than 1 ?m.