A battery, comprising: a case; a cell stack disposed within the case, the cell stack including an anode having a main anode body having an anode collector plate and an anode tab projecting from the anode collector plate along a plane of the anode collector plate, the main anode body having an anode outer edge, the anode outer edge having a first peripheral portion distant from the anode tab, and a second peripheral portion that is a remainder of the anode outer edge; a cathode having a main cathode body having a cathode collector plate and a cathode tab projecting from the cathode collector plate along a plane of the cathode collector plate, the main cathode body having a cathode outer edge, the cathode outer edge having a first peripheral portion adjacent the cathode tab, and a second peripheral portion that is a remainder of the cathode outer edge; and one or more separator layers electrically insulating the anode from the cathode, the anode, the cathode and the one or more separator layers being stacked together with the main anode body offset from the main cathode body such that the first peripheral portion of the anode outer edge is recessed from the first peripheral portion of the cathode outer edge by a first offset distance and the second peripheral portion of the cathode outer edge is recessed from the second peripheral portion of the anode outer edge by a second offset distance, wherein the second offset distance is the same as the first offset distance. a case; a cell stack disposed within the case, the cell stack including an anode having a main anode body having an anode collector plate and an anode tab projecting from the anode collector plate along a plane of the anode collector plate, the main anode body having an anode outer edge, the anode outer edge having a first peripheral portion distant from the anode tab, and a second peripheral portion that is a remainder of the anode outer edge; a cathode having a main cathode body having a cathode collector plate and a cathode tab projecting from the cathode collector plate along a plane of the cathode collector plate, the main cathode body having a cathode outer edge, the cathode outer edge having a first peripheral portion adjacent the cathode tab, and a second peripheral portion that is a remainder of the cathode outer edge; and one or more separator layers electrically insulating the anode from the cathode, the anode, the cathode and the one or more separator layers being stacked together with the main anode body offset from the main cathode body such that the first peripheral portion of the anode outer edge is recessed from the first peripheral portion of the cathode outer edge by a first offset distance and the second peripheral portion of the cathode outer edge is recessed from the second peripheral portion of the anode outer edge by a second offset distance, wherein the second offset distance is the same as the first offset distance. an anode having a main anode body having an anode collector plate and an anode tab projecting from the anode collector plate along a plane of the anode collector plate, the main anode body having an anode outer edge, the anode outer edge having a first peripheral portion distant from the anode tab, and a second peripheral portion that is a remainder of the anode outer edge; a cathode having a main cathode body having a cathode collector plate and a cathode tab projecting from the cathode collector plate along a plane of the cathode collector plate, the main cathode body having a cathode outer edge, the cathode outer edge having a first peripheral portion adjacent the cathode tab, and a second peripheral portion that is a remainder of the cathode outer edge; and one or more separator layers electrically insulating the anode from the cathode, the anode, the cathode and the one or more separator layers being stacked together with the main anode body offset from the main cathode body such that the first peripheral portion of the anode outer edge is recessed from the first peripheral portion of the cathode outer edge by a first offset distance and the second peripheral portion of the cathode outer edge is recessed from the second peripheral portion of the anode outer edge by a second offset distance, wherein the second offset distance is the same as the first offset distance.