An airbreathing fuel cell comprising a power generating cell stack
constituted by laminating a plurality of cell parts together, which cell
part comprises a polymer electrolyte membrane, an oxygen electrode and a
fuel electrode, which are provided on both sides of the polymer
electrolyte membrane to be opposed to each other, an oxygen passage plate
provided adjacent to the oxygen electrode, and separator plates provided
adjacent to an outside of the oxygen passage plate and an outside of the
fuel electrode, and a cell stack for removal of moisture, connected to
the power generating cell stack and comprising at least one cell, which
is constructed in the same manner as the cell part, and to which
resistances are connected to be capable of power generation, and wherein
moisture generated in the power generating cell stack due to an operation
over a long period of time is conducted to the cell stack for removal of
moisture together with a fuel, and removed through natural evaporation to
outside and around the fuel cell, thus suppressing a decrease in power
generating capacity.