Patent ID: 8192886

Claim:
A fuel cell stack including: a stack body formed by stacking a plurality of power generation cells in a stacking direction, the power generation cells each including an electrolyte electrode assembly and separators, the electrolyte electrode assembly including a pair of electrodes and an electrolyte interposed between the electrodes; and power collecting terminals provided at opposite ends of the stack body in the stacking direction, wherein each of the terminals includes: an electrically conductive plate member and an electrically conductive rod terminal joined integrally to a flat surface of the electrically conductive plate member, a joint portion joining the electrically conductive plate member and the electrically conductive rod terminal, and wherein in an inner flat surface of the electrically conductive plate member opposite to the flat surface, a portion corresponding to the joint portion is recessed in the thickness direction of the electrically conductive plate member from the other portion of the inner flat surface through a step.