Metal-free heteroatom-doped carbocatalysts with ahigh surface area are desirable for catalytic reactions.Inthis study,w ef ound an efficient strategy to prepare nitrogen, phosphorus,and sulfur co-doped hollowcarbon shells (denote as NPS-HCS) with as urface area of 1020 m 2 g À1 .U sing ap oly(cyclotriphosphazene-co-4,4'-sulfonyldiphenol) (PZS) shell as carbon source and N, P, S-doping source,and the ZIF-67 core as structural template as well as extra N-doping source, NPS-HCS were obtained with ah igh surface area and superhydrophilicity.A ll these features render the prepared NPS-HCS asuperior metal-free carbocatalyst for the selective oxidation of aromatic alkanes in aqueous solution. This study provides ar eliable and facile route to prepare doped carbocatalysts with enhanced catalytic properties.