NOVELTY - A base material (15) is inserted between a pair of application rolls (11). A paste having a viscosity coefficient of 0.3 Pa.second or more at 25degreesC and containing a catalyst-supporting electroconductive carbon powder, a polyelectrolyte, a high-boiling-point solvent having a boiling point of 150-300degreesC, and a low-boiling-point solvent having a boiling point lower than that of the high-boiling-point solvent, is transferred to the base material with the application roll. Thus, a fuel cell having an electrode consisting of a catalyst layer is obtained.    USE - For manufacturing fuel cells, such as phosphoric acid fuel cells, molten carbonate fuel cells, solid oxide fuel cells, and polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, used for electric-power-generation in vehicles, domestic applications, and portable or small apparatuses.    ADVANTAGE - The method provides fuel cells with high productivity, suppressing variation in composition and viscosity of catalyst paste by volatilization of solvent. The obtained fuel cells have excellent output characteristics.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A base material (15) is inserted between a pair of application rolls (11) in a coating device. A paste having a viscosity coefficient of 0.3 Pa.second or more at 25degreesC and containing a catalyst-supporting electroconductive carbon powder, a polyelectrolyte, a high-boiling-point solvent having a boiling point of 150-300degreesC, and a low-boiling-point solvent having a boiling point lower than that of the high-boiling-point solvent, is transferred to the base material with the application roll. Thus, a fuel cell having an electrode consisting of a catalyst layer is obtained. The coating device is provided with a paste reservoir (13) for storing the paste supplied to the paste holding slot (19) provided in the outer periphery of the application roll.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows the schematic drawing of the coating device.    Application roll (11)    Paste reservoir (13)    Base material (15)    Conveyor roll (16)    Paste holding slot (19)