Importantly, rate performance of the V
2O
5@FeOOH-1 anode was investigated at different current densities from 100 mA g
−1 to 3000 mA g
−1 (Figure
5(b)). Reversible capacities of 992, 947, 906, 856, 714, 519, and 366 mAh g
−1 are achieved at current densities of 100, 200, 300, 500, 1000, 2000, and 3000 mA g
−1, respectively. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) profiles at different scan rates from 0.2 to 1.0 mV s
−1 were therefore recorded to verify the electrochemical kinetics of V
2O
5@FeOOH-1 for Li-storage (Figure
5(c)). Negligible peak shifts are observed as the scan rates increase, suggesting small polarization as well as desirable kinetics of V
2O
5@FeOOH-1 at high rates. The relationship of log (
, peak current) versus log (
, scan rate) was plotted to give the fitted values of slope
(Figure S14), which provides insights into the charge storage mechanism according to the power-law formula
[
46]. Specifically, a
value of 0.5 represents an ideal diffusion-controlled process, whereas 1.0 indicates a surface capacitive-controlled one. The calculated
values are 0.74 for anodic peak 1 and 0.83 and 0.72 for the cathodic peaks 2 and 3, respectively, demonstrating a partial capacitive-controlled behavior of V
2O
5@FeOOH-1. Quantitative analysis further reveals that the ratios of capacitive contribution gradually improve upon increasing the scan rates (Figure
5(d), see calculation details and Figure S15 in Supplementary Materials), which reaches 67.16% at 1.0 mV s
−1 (Figure S16). The considerable pseudocapacitive contributions can be readily attributed to the presence of abundant amorphous domains and numerous grain boundaries on the surface of highly exposed nanosheets. These electrochemically active sites are undoubtedly favorable for boosting Li-storage capacity and especially rate performance of V
2O
5@FeOOH-1 hybrid. Furthermore, Nyquist plots demonstrated reduced charge transfer resistances (
) of V
2O
5@FeOOH-1 (114.7
Ω) as compared to FeOOH (125.5
Ω), and V
2O
5·nH
2O (181.0
Ω), which was fitted according to the equivalent circuit (Figure S17 and Table S2). Moreover, the plot slope of
vs.
can be obtained to illustrate the speed of lithium diffusion, which is calculated to be 83.7 for V
2O
5@FeOOH-1, 171.3 for FeOOH, and 128.2 for V
2O
5·nH
2O (Figure S18). Therefore, the lithium diffusion coefficients at 25°C are calculated to be
,
, and
for V
2O
5@FeOOH-1, FeOOH, and V
2O
5·nH
2O, respectively. The results indicate that the V
2O
5@FeOOH-1 hybrid can provide more accessible pathway for charge transfer due to the sufficient heterointerface and accelerated lithium diffusion, resulting in enhanced Li-storage performance.