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

A negative electrode and a rechargeable lithium battery, the negative electrode including a current collector; and a negative active material layer on at least one surface of the current collector, the negative active material layer including a carbon negative active material and a conductive agent, wherein the conductive agent includes at least one of a fiber-shaped conductive agent having a average length of about 1 μm to about 200 μm and a particle-shaped conductive agent having a average long diameter of about 1 μm to about 20 μm, and a DD (Degree of Divergence) value defined by Equation 1 is about 24 or greater: DD (Degree of Divergence)=()*100 [Equation 1]