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Non-noble-metal based materials with high activity for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are urgently required to substitute Pt-based materials. Herein, metallic Co/N-doped carbon electrocatalysts were synthesized via a facile pyrolysis method of bimetal ZIF(ZnCo)/polypyrrole-polyaniline (ppy-pani) precursors. The evaporation of Zn and the introduced ppy-pani can lead to the porous structure and effectively hinder the aggregation of Co species, which results in the small nanoparticles uniformly distributed on carbon matrices. A high ECSA and a high content of Co species are obtained after the introduction of ppy-pani, thus resulting in the abundant Co2+ species to enhance ORR. Therefore, the optimized ZIF/ppy-pani-750 exhibits a high E 1/2 (~0.86 V) and a low Tafel slope (~43.6 mV dec−1). • The introduced ppy-pani helps Co nanoparticles with small and uniform sizes. • High ECSA and high contents of active Co species are achieved for ORR. • The optimized ZIF/ppy-pani-750 show high ORR activity and durability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]