Patent ID: 6686085
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
A fuel cell comprising a fuel cell unit composed of an electrolyte interposed between an anode electrode and a cathode electrode, and separators for supporting said fuel cell unit interposed therebetween, said fuel cell including:communication holes-provided to penetrate through outer circumferential edge portions of said separator, for allowing a fuel gas or an oxygen-containing gas to flow therethrough; gas flow passages provided in an electrode power-generating surface of said separator, for supplying said fuel gas or said oxygen-containing gas to said anode electrode or said cathode electrode; and connecting flow passages provided to penetrate through said separator, with first ends which communicate with said communication holes on a side of a surface opposite to said electrode power-generating surface and with second ends which communicate with said gas flow passages on a side of said electrode power-generating surface.