A lithium-ion battery includes a positive electrode that has a current collector and a first active material and a negative electrode that has a current collector, a second active material, and a third active material. The second active material includes a lithium titanate material and the third active material is a material that can be one or more of the following: LiMn.sub.2O.sub.4, Li.sub.xVO.sub.2 where x is between 0.05 and 0.4, LiM.sub.xMn.sub.(2-x)O.sub.4 where M is a metal and x is less than or equal to 1, V.sub.6O.sub.13, V.sub.2O.sub.5, V.sub.3O.sub.8, MoO.sub.3, TiS.sub.2, WO.sub.2, MoO.sub.2, RuO.sub.2, and combinations thereof. The third active material exhibits charging and discharging capacity below a corrosion potential of the current collector of the negative electrode and above a decomposition potential of the first active material.