Anode active material, method of preparing the same, and lithium secondary battery including the same

Abstract

Provided are an anode active material including a core portion that is porous spherical particles including metal particles and carbon, and a shell portion including one or more of crystalline carbon and amorphous carbon, in which the metal particles of the core portion are connected to each other through the carbon, and a coating layer including a polymer is provided on an outer surface of the shell portion, a method of preparing the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.