Nitrogen, iron-codoped ordered mesoporous carbon (NFe-OMC) with bimodal-pores and extremely high BET area was fabricated and investigated as non-platinum catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). The catalysts show significantly enhanced electrocatalytic activity for ORR in comparison to the doped commercial carbon black. A 4-electron process was shown in domination of the ORR, indicating the direct reduction of O-2 to H2O. Moreover, the stability of the catalyst was comparable to the state-of-the-art Pt catalyst, which renders it a promising replacement for Pt. The increase in activity was ascribed to the increase in active site density and more importantly, the increase in activity per active site, which is due to the advanced pore structure of OMCs and the possible desolvation process of O-2 in the micropores. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.