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

A negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, the negative active material including a porous amorphous carbon matrix having a porosity of about 10 % to about 64 %, silicon oxide distributed in pores of the porous amorphous carbon matrix, and a coating layer on a surface of the porous amorphous carbon matrix, the coating layer including an amorphous carbon.