ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR A LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME

An anode active material for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same are provided. The anode active material includes a plurality of composite particles, each composite particle including a silicon-based active material particle including silicon; and a carbon coating layer formed on at least a portion of a surface of the silicon-based active material particle, wherein a relative standard deviation of G/Si peak intensity ratios of a Raman spectrum as defined in Equation 1 measured for each of 50 different composite particles among the plurality of composite particles is 50% or less.