In this work the electrochemical characterization of V2O5 electrodes, prepared using polyacrylic acid (PAA) as binder, is presented. The obtained electrodes display stable high capacity values (250 mAh g(-1)) when cycled at low rates (44 mA g(-1)), and a reversible capacity of 90 mAh g(-1) is obtained at high specific current (3 A g(-1)). The PAA-based electrodes possess an excellent cycling ability with a capacity retention of 94% after 100 cycles. The present study demonstrate the possibility to overcome the dramatic capacity fading of V2O5 by a simple approach, permitting to obtain electrochemical performance similar to those of more complicated nano-architectures via the use of a greener electrode manufacturing process. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.