We report the first accessible channel-like open pore architecture of ordered 2D hexagonal mesoporous IrO2 films and its utilization as an efficient anode for electrocatalytic water oxidation. A well-ordered mesostructure of circa 7 nm pores were obtained by a facile one-pot soft-templating strategy, employing a [Ir(OH)6](2-) precursor stabilized by a triblock copolymer "Pluronic F127" as a pore-directing template. A mesoporous IrO2 film calcined at 400 °C (∼70 nm thick) affords a high surface area of 512 m(2) cm(-3) and 2 times higher O2 evolution during the electrocatalytic water oxidation relative to an untemplated IrO2 coating film.
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