Rechargeable aqueous zinc-ion batteries are recently gaining incremental attention because of low cost and material abundance,but their development is plagued by limited choice of cathode materials with satisfactory cycling performance.Here,we report a porous V2O5 nanofibers cathode with high Znstorage performance in an aqueous Zn(CF3SO3)2 electrolyte.We propose a reaction mechanism based on phase transition from orthorhombic V2O5 to zinc pyrovanadate on first discharging and reversible Zn2+ (de)intercalation in the open-structured hosts during subsequent cycling.This open and stable architec-ture enables a high reversible capacity of 319 mAh g-1 at 20 mA g-1 and a capacity retention of 81% over 500 cycles.The remarkable electrochemical performance makes V2O5 a promising cathode for aqueous zinc-ion batteries.