Negative electrode for secondary battery and secondary battery with negative electrode

A negative electrode for a secondary battery, comprising:

• a negative electrode current collector;
• and
• a negative electrode active material layer that is supported by the negative electrode current collector and comprises an negative electrode active material, wherein
• the negative electrode active material layer comprises:
• an upper layer that is relatively positioned at a surface side;
• and
• a lower layer that is relatively positioned at a side of the negative electrode current collector,
• the negative electrode active material comprises at least:
• a graphite particle;
• and
• a Si-containing particle in which a carbon and a Si are compounded to be composite,
• a response area size A1 of the negative electrode active material comprised in the upper layer is smaller than a response area size A2 of the negative electrode active material comprised in the lower layer, and
• a Si amount Q1 of a first Si-containing particle comprised in the upper layer is smaller than a Si amount Q2 of a second Si-containing particle comprised in the lower layer.