Hydrated vanadium pentoxide (V
2O
5·
nH
2O) nanorod arrays with diameters of ~200 nm and lengths of morethan 5
m have been synthesized via template-based physical wetting of V
2O
5 sols. The V
2O
5·
nH
2O nanorodarrays were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and high-resolution transmissionelectron microscopy. Field-emission (FE) measurements on the V
2O
5·
nH
2O nanorod arrays show low turn-on voltages of 6-8 V/
m and linear Fowler-Nordheim behaviors. The morphologies and natures of theV
2O
5·
nH
2O samples are assumed to cause such good FE performances.