PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator capable of maintaining the freshness of food products in the refrigerator while simultaneously ensuring energy saving performance.SOLUTION: A refrigerator comprises: a container 101 including a storage space suppressed from a flow of air and storing vegetables a shield member 120 covering an opening formed in a wall surface of the storage space of the container 101 a glass plate 122 disposed at a position of the opening outside of the shield member 120 and including a photocatalyst a gas circulation unit 120a circulating the air of the storage space between the shield member 120 and the glass plate 122 and a light source, the light source being turned on after turning off the light source for predetermined time, and the light source is turned off again after passage of predetermined time for which ethylene gas is decomposed by the photocatalyst to increase a carbon dioxide concentration.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 24COPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】庫内の食品の鮮度を維持しつつ、省エネ性能も両立可能な冷蔵庫を提供する。【解決手段】空気の流通が抑えられた野菜を貯蔵する貯蔵空間を有する容器101と、容器101の貯蔵空間の壁面に形成された開口を覆う遮蔽部材120と、遮蔽部材120の外側で開口の位置に配置されて光触媒を有するガラス板122と、遮蔽部材120とガラス板122との間に貯蔵空間の空気が流通する気体流通部120aと、光源と、を備え、光源を所定時間消灯した後に点灯して、光触媒によってエチレンガスが分解されて二酸化炭素濃度が増加する所定時間を経過後に再び前記光源を消灯する。【選択図】図24
