SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME

A secondary battery that includes a partial electrode assembly having a planar stacking structure in which a plurality of electrode constituting layers are stacked, the plurality of electrode constituting layers each include a pair of electrodes and a separator therebetween, and at least one of the pair of electrodes includes a double-sided electrode having an electrode material layer on opposed main surfaces of a current collector; and an outermost layer electrode surrounding the partial electrode assembly along at least a portion of a contour of the partial electrode assembly in a cross-sectional view thereof, the outermost layer electrode including a single-sided electrode having an outermost electrode material layer on one main surface of an outermost current collector.