Provided is a battery capable of improving cycle characteristics without
increasing the thickness of an anode current collector. An anode active
material layer including at least one kind selected from the group
consisting of Sn and compounds thereof is formed on an anode current
collector having a projection on a substrate through a vapor deposition
method, a liquid-phase deposition method or a sintering method, and the
anode current collector and the anode active material layer are alloyed
with each other in at least a portion of an interface therebetween. By a
function of the projection, the anode current collector can be prevented
from being cracked into small pieces due to expansion and shrinkage of
the anode active material layer. Further, a stress on the anode active
material layer due to the expansion and the shrinkage can be spread out
so that cracks produced in the anode active material layer can be
scattered in various directions to reduce the size of the cracks.