A fuel cell device has a small and compact structure as a whole. The fuel
cell device employs a fuel cell (e.g., direct methanol fuel cell of an
MEA structure) using liquid fuel. Diluted liquid fuel is prepared by
diluting the liquid fuel (methanol-contained liquid in the case of DMFC)
with dilution liquid, and is supplied to the fuel cell. A first pump unit
stacked on the fuel cell supplies the diluted liquid fuel to the fuel
cell while diluting the liquid fuel by mixing the liquid fuel and the
dilution liquid together. A second pump unit stacked on the fuel cell
collects liquid (water usable as dilution liquid in DMFC) produced by an
electrochemical reaction in the fuel cell.