SINGLE CELL FOR A BATTERY

A single cell for a battery includes an electrode stack situated within a cell housing formed from two electrically conductive shell-shaped housing side walls situated essentially in parallel opposite one another, having a shell flange extending around the edges. The shell flanges are joined to one another to form a flange area and are electrically insulated from one another. Pole contact tabs of the electrode stack are connected electrically connected to the housing side walls. At least one of the housing side walls has a section protruding, at least in parts, beyond the flange area of at least one housing edge of the cell housing. The protruding section of the housing side wall is angled in the direction of a cell interior and in the direction of a shell base of the housing side wall, and in the angled state protrudes beyond the shell base by a predetermined amount.