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The morphological optimization of Na₃V₂(PO₄)₃ (NVP) material has a great significance for improving the electrochemical performance since NVP suffers from intrinsic low electronic conductivity. For this purpose, a novel 3D NVP nanofiber network is controllably constructed via a facile self-sacrificed template method. Based on time-dependent experiments, an outside-in morphological evolution mechanism from microsphere to 3D nanofiber network is proposed. The as-synthesized material exhibits excellent cyclability (95.9% capacity retention over 1000 cycles at 10 C) and enhanced high-rate performance (94 mA h g⁻¹ at 100 C) for sodium half cell. Notably, when evaluated as full battery (NaTi₂(PO₄)₃ as anode) cathode, it also shows outstanding cycling stability (96.9% capacity retention over 300 cycles at 5 C) and superior rate capability (80 mA h g⁻¹ at 50 C). Such remarkable performance is attributed to the …