FLAT PLATE TYPE FUEL CELL

Provided is a planar fuel cell apparatus capable of uniformizing the planar temperature of a single fuel cell (i.e., cell in-plane temperature). The planar fuel cell apparatus 1 is such that, as viewed in a stacking direction, a first rectilinear line which connects a centroid Cfi of fuel gas inlets and a centroid Cfo of fuel gas outlets, and a second rectilinear line which connects a centroid Cai of oxidizer gas inlets and a centroid Cao of oxidizer gas outlets cross each other. That is, the planar fuel cell apparatus employs cross-flow design in which a fuel gas flow channel and an oxidizer gas flow channel cross each other. In the planar fuel cell apparatus of the cross-flow design, as viewed in the stacking direction, the centroid Cfo of the fuel gas outlets is located closer to the centroid Cai of the oxidizer gas inlets than to the centroid Cao of the oxidizer gas outlets.