Aqueous Zn‐ion batteries (ZIBs) are promising candidates for grid‐scale energy storage because of their intrinsic safety, low‐cost and high energy‐intensity. Vanadium‐based materials are widely used as the cathode of ZIBs, especially A2V6O16 ⋅ nH2O (AVO, A=NH4+, Na, K). However, AVO suffers from serious dissolution, phase transformation and narrow gallery spacing (∼3 Å), leading to poor cycling stability and rate capability. Herein, we unveiled the root cause of the performance degradation in the AVO cathode and therefore developed a new high‐performance cathode of ZnV6O16 ⋅ 8H2O (ZVO) for ZIB. Through a method of ion exchange induced phase transformation, AVO was converted to hewettite ZVO with larger gallery spacing (∼6 Å) and more stable V6O16 layers. ZVO cathode thus constructed delivers a high capacity of 365 and 170 mAh g−1 at 0.5 and 15 A g−1, while 86 % and 70 % of its capacity are retained at 0.5 A g−1 after 300 cycles and at 15 A g−1 after 10000 cycles, substantially better than conventional AVO.
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