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

A negative electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same are provided. The negative electrode includes: a current collector; a first negative active material layer on the current collector and including a first negative active material; and a second negative active material layer on the first negative active material layer and including a second negative active material, wherein the first negative active material layer and the second negative active material layer have a peak intensity ratio (I/I) of a peak intensity at a (002) plane relative to a peak intensity at a (110) plane of 150 or less when measured by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) using a CuKα ray.