NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING SAME

Disclosed are a negative electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same. The negative electrode includes a current collector; a first layer on the current collector, the first layer consisting of a Si-based material, a linear conductive material, a spherical conductive material, and a first binder; and a second layer on the first layer, the second layer consisting of crystalline carbon and a second binder.