Patent ID: 8247128

Claim:
A fuel cell formed by stacking an electrolyte electrode assembly and separators, said electrolyte electrode assembly including an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte interposed between said anode and said cathode, said fuel cell comprising: a seal member extending from a position between an outer end of said electrolyte electrode assembly and said separator to an outer circumference of said separator, wherein said seal member prevents a first exhaust gas which has been consumed at one electrode of said anode and said cathode from entering another electrode of said anode and said cathode, and allows a second exhaust gas which has been consumed at the other electrode to be discharged to outside of said electrolyte electrode assembly, and said separator comprises a fuel gas channel for supplying a fuel gas from a central region to an outer circumferential region on a surface of said anode and further comprises an oxygen-containing gas channel for supplying an oxygen-containing gas from a central region to an outer circumferential region on a surface of said cathode.