Fuel cell and method for manufacturing the same

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A method for manufacturing a fuel cell, including a membrane-electrode assembly in which catalyst layers as a pair of electrodes are bonded to both the surfaces of an electrolyte membrane and diffusion layers arranged on both the surfaces of this membrane-electrode assembly, the method comprising:

• a laminating step of laminating the membrane-electrode assembly and the diffusion layers without bonding at least a part of contact surfaces between the membrane-electrode assembly and the diffusion layers along a plane direction,
• wherein the laminating step applies an adhesive to a part of the facing surfaces of the electrolyte membrane of the membrane-electrode assembly and the diffusion layers while the catalyst layers are not sandwiched between the electrolyte membrane and the diffusion layers.

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