The photocatalytic preferential oxidation of CO with O
2 in the presence of H
2 was seen to proceed efficientlyon Cr
6+-MCM-41 with high CO conversion and selectivity under visible light (
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> 420 nm) or solar lightirradiation at 293 K. Photoluminescence and FT-IR investigations show that the redox cycles of Cr-oxidespecies were found to play significant roles in the selective oxidation reaction of CO in the presence of H
2.