Patent ID: 7482087
Filing Date: 2009-01-27
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A fuel cell including a plurality of electrolyte electrode assemblies and a pair of separators sandwiching said plurality of electrolyte electrode assemblies, each of said electrolyte electrode assemblies including an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte interposed between said anode and said cathode, wherein each of said separators comprises: a plurality of sandwiching portions for sandwiching said electrolyte electrode assemblies, wherein said sandwiching portions are separate from each other by slits; a fuel gas supply portion provided substantially in a plane including a surface of said electrolyte electrode assembly and outside of said surface, a fuel gas supply passage being formed in said fuel gas supply portion for supplying the fuel gas in a stacking direction of said separators; and a plurality of bridges connecting said sandwiching portions and said fuel gas supply portion, a fuel gas supply channel being formed in said bridges for supplying the fuel gas from said fuel gas supply portion along surfaces of said separators.