There is provided a film electrode assembly for a fuel cell capable of
preventing a polymer electrolyte film from being exposed. The film
electrode assembly includes: a main body portion of a film electrode
assembly having a polymer electrolyte film, and a pair of electrode
layers having catalyst layers placed on the two surfaces of the polymer
electrolyte film on the inner side from the peripheral edge portion
thereof and diffusion layers each having a peripheral edge protruding
from the catalyst layer, which are laminated on one another, with a gap
being formed between the protruding portion of the diffusion layer and
the peripheral edge portion of the polymer electrolyte film; a frame
member that sandwiches the peripheral edge portion of the polymer
electrolyte film between the paired electrode layers with a gap
therebetween, and is formed so as to surround an outer edge of the
polymer electrolyte film; and gaskets made of a thermoplastic resin,
which are placed on the two surfaces of the frame member. Each gasket
includes an annular portion that covers the peripheral edge portion of
the main body portion of the film electrode assembly over the entire
circumference thereof along the inner edge of the frame member and a gap
filling portion that fills the gap.