ANODE AND SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING SAID ANODE

The present invention relates to a negative electrode and a secondary battery including the same, the negative electrode including a current collector and a negative electrode active material layer, wherein the negative electrode active material layer includes negative electrode active material particles, the negative electrode active material particles include natural graphite and a carbon coating layer disposed on the natural graphite, on a particle size distribution, the negative electrode active material particles have a D of 6 µm to 9.2 µm and a half-width of 5.0 µm to 5.5 µm, and the specific surface area of the negative electrode active material particles is 0.6 m/g to 2.2 m/g.