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Graphite anode suffers from severe performance fading at low temperature (LT) conditions mainly due to the suppressed diffusive Li+ storage mechanism in graphite anode at LT. Accordingly, the exploration of new type anodes with effective Li+ storage mechanism at LT is important. In this work, it is demonstrated that the utilization of the pseudo-capacitive storage mechanism could improve the Li+ storage kinetic at LT. In detail, a hybrid anode structure is designed via in-situ growth of MnO 2 nanosheets on the surface of the hollow carbon spheres (HCS@MO). Benefiting from the structural advantage, the as-prepared HCS@MO-09 electrode displays high reversible capacity of 455 mAh g-1 at 1 A g-1 at room temperature (RT) after 200 cycles. At − 20 ℃, the HCS@MO-09 electrode still exhibits high initial capacity of 432 mAh g-1 at 0.2 A g-1 and outstanding cycling stability. The cyclic voltammetry tests reveal that the superior LT performance of HCS@MO-09 electrode stems from the pseudo-capacitive storage mechanism. This work provides new perspective for improving LT performance through developing anodes with pseudo-capacitive storage mechanism. • The utilization of the pseudo-capacitive storage mechanism could improve the Li+ storage kinetic at low temperature. • A hybrid anode structure is designed via in-situ growth of MnO 2 nanosheets on the surface of the hollow carbon spheres. • The superior LT performance of HCS@MO-09 electrode stems from the pseudo-capacitive storage mechanism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

• Glass with a high vanadium content improved the migration efficiency of Li+. • Adding Fe 2 O 3 stabilized the structure and increased the contents of V3+ and V4+. • The cathode has the outstanding specific capacity and high-current response. Among new lithium-ion battery cathode materials, amorphous materials show unique advantages and vanadium-based materials are potential electrode materials. In our study, the vanadium-based Li 2 O-V 2 O 5 -B 2 O 3 glassy state electrode materials with high vanadium contents were prepared in air by the melt-quenching method. The structures and electrochemical performances of glass materials were investigated by various characterization methods. The Li 2 O-V 2 O 5 -B 2 O glass were mainly connected with VO 4 and BO 3 structural units to form a disordered network structure. The first discharge capacity of 20Li 2 O-60 V 2 O 5 -20B 2 O 3 glass cathode material reached 168.6 mAh/g at a current density of 100 mA/g. The conversion of V3+/V4+ and V4+/V5+ mainly occurred in the charge and discharge cycles. When 10% of B 2 O 3 was replaced by Fe 2 O 3 , the compactness and stability of the material were improved. Furthermore, with the addition of Fe 2 O 3 , the concentrations of low-valence V4+, V3+ and Fe2+ ions increased, thus contributing to the electrochemical performance. The specific capacity of 20Li 2 O-60V 2 O 5 -10B 2 O 3 -10Fe 2 O 3 cathode material increased significantly and the first discharge capacity was as high as 306.2 mA h/g at a current density of 100 mA/g. However, the specific capacity respectively decreased to 239 mA h/g in the second cycle and 120.3 mA h/g after 100 cycles. The study on vanadium-based glass cathode materials provided a new idea for the investigation of novel cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]