The development of high performance electrodes for Na-ion batteries requires a fundamental understanding of the electrode electrochemistry. In this work, the effect of the morphology of vanadium oxide on battery performance is investigated. First, the phase transitions upon sodiation/de-sodiation of Na x V 2 O 5 cathodes in standard battery solvents are explored by cyclic voltammetry and X-Ray diffraction. At potentials 1.5 V positive of Na/Na + the insertion of the first Na + into pristine V 2 O 5 is completed and α'-NaV 2 O 5 is formed. A discharge to 1.0 V results in the introduction of a second Na + and after a deep discharge to 0 V a third Na + is intercalated. When cycled as an intercalation electrode, the Na-content x in Na x V 2 O 5 varies between x = 1 (charged) and x = 2 (discharged). For studying the effect of electrode morphology on the battery performance, several types of V 2 O 5 (hollow V 2 O 5 microspheres, V 2 O 5 nanobundles and V 2 O 5 nanobundles blended with 10% wt TiO 2) were prepared and compared to a commercially available V 2 O 5-micropowder. The nanobundles were prepared by a facile sonochemical process. In comparison to the microsized V 2 O 5 morphologies, the potential plateaus in the charge/discharge curves of the V 2 O 5 nanobundles are at more positive potentials and the capacity loss in the first cycle is suppressed. The V 2 O 5 nanobundles showed the best battery performance with a reversible capacity of 209.2 mAh g −1 and an energy density of 571.2 mWh kg −1 (2 nd cycle). After an initial capacity fading, which can be slightly suppressed by blending the V 2 O 5 with TiO 2 , the pure V 2 O 5 nanobundles have a practical capacity of 85 mAh g −1 , an operation potential of 2.4 V, an energy density of 266.5 mWh kg −1 and a capacity retention of 83% after 100 cycles. The best battery performance of the nanomaterial is ascribed in this study to the amorphous character of the electrode, favoring faster electrode kinetics due to a (pseudo-) capacity dominated charging/discharging, reducing diffusion lengths and preventing further amorphization, which all is beneficial in terms of lifetime, capacity, operation voltage, energy density and energy efficiency.