The positive active material for a secondary battery of the present invention
is -FeOOH containing at least one element selected from the group consisting
of B, P, S, Li, Na, K, Mg, Al, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Zr, Pb and
Sn which shows a diffraction peak from the (110) plane having a half width
Y satisfying 0.3