NOVELTY - Positive electrode for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprises positive electrode active material layer formed on a surface of positive electrode current collector. The positive electrode active material layer comprises positive electrode active material, binder agent, and sulfonyl compound (I).    USE - Positive electrode for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to mobile telephones, notebook computers, personal digital assistants, hybrid electric vehicles, and power tools.    ADVANTAGE - The battery structure achieves an improvement in the flexibility of the positive electrode and makes it possible to obtain high reliability and high productivity even with a high capacity battery configuration. The flexibility of the positive electrode active material layer is improved without degrading the adhesion performance between the positive electrode current collector and the positive electrode active material layer. The positive electrode has abundant flexibility, so that a problem of breakage of the positive electrode in winding the electrode assembly can be avoided. The battery has improved discharge rate performance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Positive electrode for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprises positive electrode current collector; and a positive electrode active material layer formed on a surface of the positive electrode current collector. The positive electrode active material layer comprises positive electrode active material, binder agent, and sulfonyl compound of formula (M(raised to n+))(O--SO2-CF3)n (I).    n=1-4;and    M=metallic element.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising positive electrode, negative electrode, and non-aqueous electrolyte;    (2) manufacture of positive electrode for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising kneading, in a solvent, a mixture containing positive electrode active material, binder agent, and compound (I) to prepare positive electrode active material slurry; and coating the positive electrode active material slurry onto a surface of positive electrode current collector to form a positive electrode active material layer on the surface of the positive electrode current collector; and    (3) manufacture of non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising preparing an electrode assembly using positive electrode, negative electrode, and separator disposed between the positive and negative electrodes; and enclosing the electrode assembly and a non-aqueous electrolyte into a battery case.