Fuel cell having a stacked electrolyte electrode assembly

A fuel cell formed by stacking an electrolyte electrode assembly and separators, said electrolyte electrode assembly comprising an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte interposed between said anode and said cathode, said electrolyte electrode assembly being sandwiched between said separators, said separators each comprising:

• a sandwiching section having a fuel gas channel for supplying a fuel gas along an electrode surface of said anode and an oxygen-containing gas channel for supplying an oxygen-containing gas along an electrode surface of said cathode, separately;
• a bridge connected to said sandwiching section, and having a fuel gas supply channel for supplying the fuel gas to said fuel gas channel;
• a fuel gas supply unit connected to said bridge, a fuel gas supply passage for supplying the fuel gas to said fuel gas supply channel extending through said fuel gas supply unit in a stacking direction;
• and
• an insulating seal formed around the fuel gas supply passage to seal the fuel gas supply passage from the electrolyte electrode assembly,
• wherein a fuel gas inlet for supplying the fuel gas to said fuel gas channel, an annular protrusion extending along the side of said fuel gas channel and contacting an outer circumferential region of said anode, a fuel gas discharge channel for discharging the fuel gas after consumption in said fuel gas channel, and a detour path forming wall which contacts said anode, for preventing the fuel gas from flowing straight from said fuel gas inlet to said fuel gas discharge channel are provided in said sandwiching section, and
• wherein the annular protrusion has a ring shape with a partial cutaway to form the fuel gas discharge channel.