NEGATIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY, AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING SAME

A negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same, the negative active material including secondary particles of agglomerated primary particles, the primary particles including Si particles and a first ceramic oxide on a surface of the Si particles; and amorphous carbon, wherein the amorphous carbon surrounds a surface of the primary particles and a surface of the secondary particles.