In summary, carbon-encapsulated, chlorine-doped Na3V2(PO4)3 cathode for sodium ion battery have been prepared by sol-gel route and subsequent high-temperature calcination. The as-prepared composite with proper doped chlorine (NVP@C/Cl-30) demonstrates outstanding rate performance and excellent cycling stability. NVP@C/Cl-30 delivers discharge capacity of 104.2, 86.4, 52.2 mAh g−1 at 40, 1000, 4000 mA g−1, severally, much higher than those for NVP@C (74.2, 46.4, 21.1 mAh g−1). Capacity retention