Electrochemical reduction of oxygen is studied over a novel nanowire network catalyst made of highly-dispersed Pt nanoparticles into electrospun Pt nanowire network architecture, which shows an excellent mass activity increase by 50% or higher per equal Pt mass than the conventional cathode electrocatalysts of Pt/C in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.