To improve the catalytic activity towards oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) on the non-precious metal catalyst, developing transition metal and heteroatom doped carbon materials with abundant active sites and nanoporous structure is crucial but challenging. Herein, a novel FeS-decorated three-dimensional hierarchical porous N, S co-doped carbon catalyst is derived from silica based ionogel, of which 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium trifluoromethanesulfonate ([EMIm][TfO]) acts as source of N and S, and porous silica framework, in suit originated from silicane by sol-gel process, acts as a template to get a large specific surface area (987.5m(2) g(-1)). The obtained catalyst shows excellent ORR activity in 0.1M KOH (positively shifted half-wave potential of 0.87 V), high selectivity (electron-transfer number of 3.99), remarkable stability (only 3mV negative shift of half-wave potential after 5000 potential cycles) and perfect methanol-tolerance effect. The remarkable electrochemical performance of the obtained catalyst is mainly attributed to the well-controlled hierarchical porous structure and homogeneous distribution of highly active sites (N, S-dual-doped carbon, Fe-Nx and/or FeS). (c) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.