NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, AND NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME

A negative electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery, including: first negative electrode active material particles including first artificial graphite particles and a carbon coating layer on a surface of the first artificial graphite particles, wherein the carbon coating layer comprises hard carbon; and second negative electrode active material particles including second artificial graphite particles, wherein a difference between an average particle diameter D50 of the first negative electrode active material particles and an average particle diameter D50 of the second negative electrode active material particles is 5 µm or less, and a temperature at an exothermic peak in differential thermogravimetric analysis of the carbon coating layer is in a range of 580 °C to 690 °C.