The world’s mounting demands for environmentally benign and efficient resource utilization have spurred investigations into intrinsically green and safe energy storage systems. As one of the most promising types of batteries, the Zn battery family, with a long research history in the human electrochemical power supply, has been revived and reevaluated in recent years. Although Zn anodes still lack mature and reliable solutions to support the satisfactory cyclability required for the current versatile applications, many new concepts with optimized Zn/Zn²⁺ redox processes have inspired new hopes for rechargeable Zn batteries. In this review, we present a critical overview of the latest advances that could have a pivotal role in addressing the bottlenecks (e.g., nonuniform deposition, parasitic side reactions) encountered with Zn anodes, especially at the electrolyte-electrode interface. The focus is on research activities towards electrolyte modulation, artificial interphase engineering, and electrode structure design. Moreover, challenges and perspectives of rechargeable Zn batteries for further development in electrochemical energy storage applications are discussed. The reviewed surface/interface issues also provide lessons for the research of other multivalent battery chemistries with low-efficiency plating and stripping of the metal.

世界对环境无害和有效利用资源的需求不断增加，促使人们对本质上绿色和安全的储能系统进行了研究。作为最有前途的电池类型之一，在人类电化学电源领域有着悠久研究历史的Zn电池家族近年来得到了复兴和重新评估。尽管Zn阳极仍缺乏成熟可靠的解决方案来支持当前通用应用所需的令人满意的可循环性，但许多具有优化Zn / Zn ^2+的新概念氧化还原工艺激发了可再充电锌电池的新希望。在这篇综述中，我们对最新进展进行了重要的概述，这些进展可能在解决锌阳极特别是在电解质-电极界面处遇到的瓶颈（例如，不均匀沉积，寄生副反应）方面具有关键作用。重点是在电解质调制，人工相间工程和电极结构设计方面的研究活动。此外，讨论了可充电锌电池在电化学储能应用中进一步发展所面临的挑战和前景。复习过的表面/界面问题也为研究其他低价电镀和剥离金属的多价电池化学方法提供了经验教训。