NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR RECHARGEABLE BATTERY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THESAME, AND RECHARGEABLE BATTERY

A negative electrode active material for a rechargeable battery of the present invention includes a silicon composite composed of a silicon compound and at least one carbon material of graphite, non-graphitizable carbon, and soft carbon, a self-assembled monolayer which covers the surface of the silicon composite and has amino groups, and a carbon compound that is bonded to the self-assembled monolayer via the amino groups and contains carbon atoms as a main component.