A battery including an electrode and electrode terminal, the electrode comprising: a multilayered collector assembly having a multilayered portion that includes an insulation layer and two electrically conductive layers disposed on opposite sides of the insulation layer, and a conductive portion made of an electrically conductive material, connected to the two conductive layers and extending therefrom more toward a side end of the electrode than a side end of the insulation layer so as to be electrically connected to the electrode terminal; and a pair of active material layers disposed on opposite sides of the multilayered portion.