Patent ID: 7732082

Claim:
A fuel cell module formed by stacking a plurality of fuel cells, comprising: a separator component separating the plurality of fuel cells; an adjacent component disposed adjacent to the separator component in a direction in which the fuel cells are stacked, and affixed to the separator component with an adhesive; and a recessed pit for holding the adhesive provided in at least one of the separator component and the adjacent component in a section where the separator component and the adjacent component are bonded to each other, wherein the recessed pit comprises a bottom surface and, in at least part of a peripheral edge of the recessed pit, a gas exhaustion assisting structure formed either as an exhaustion groove or as a side surface comprising a slope at the peripheral edge for assisting discharge of a gas present between the adhesive and the bottom surface of the recessed pit to the outside when the separator component and the adjacent component are bonded to each other, and the recessed pit is filled with the adhesive, the adhesive directly contacting the slope of the recessed pit.