Dataset title: Data of Cobalt-Containing Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Materials Derived from Saccharides as Efficient Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction Authors: Kaidi Veske, Ave Sarapuu, Maike Käärik, Arvo Kikas, Vambola Kisand, Helle-Mai Piirsoo, Alexey Treshchalov, Jaan Leis, Aile Tamm, Kaido Tammeveski Contact information: Ave Sarapuu (ave.sarapuu@ut.ee), Kaido Tammeveski (kaido.tammeveski@ut.ee) Institute of Chemistry University of Tartu Ravila 14a 50411 Tartu Estonia This dataset contains the data presented in the figures of published paper " Cobalt-Containing Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Materials Derived from Saccharides as Efficient Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction" published in Catalysts (2022) 12, 568 (https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12050568) This dataset contains data for Figures 4-6. The data was collected using Autolab potentiostat/galvanostat PGSTAT30. The working electrode was bulk glassy carbon disk (0.2 cm2) covered with 200 ?g cm?2 of catalyst. The data is given as background-corrected current densities (mA/cm2), that is, the background currents, measured in Ar-saturated solution, have been subtracted from the currents measured in O2-saturated solution. Licence: This dataset is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Funding: This research was funded by the Ministry of Education and Research, Estonia, through Estonian Research Council, grant numbers PRG4, PRG723 and PRG1509, and by the EU through the European Regional Development Fund, grant numbers TK141, “Advanced materials and high-technology devices for energy recuperation systems”; TK134, “Emerging orders of quantum and nanomaterials” and TK143, “Centre of Excellence in Molecular Cell Engineering”.