A direct liquid fuel cell power generating device of the invention comprise an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, an electrolyte membrane held by the anode electrode and the cathode electrode, an anode Passage for passing a fuel, a cathode passage for passing an oxidizer, a fuel container connected to the feed port of the anode passage, and a cathode recovery container connected to the discharge port of the cathode passage for collecting the fuel supplied to an electromotive force section, an unreacted oxidizer, an a product of battery reaction, the device further comprising at least a mechanism for achieving gas-liquid contact by making contact between the substance discharged from the cathode discharge port and water existing in the cathode recovery container, and a mechanism for feeding the aqueous solution collected in the cathode recovery container into the fuel container.