With the proposed goal of carbon neutrality, the expansion of renewable energy use (wind and solar power) and the reduction of fossil fuel dependency (to curb CO2 emissions from generation) have become global priorities. Despite rapid advances in new energy technologies, energy storage remains a major bottleneck for large-scale deployment. Today, lithium-ion batteries make up the lion’s share of the energy storage market. Yet the flammability, explosion hazard, and toxicity of these hazardous electrolytes limit their large-scale installation in storage technology. Aqueous Zn-based batteries (AZIBs) have attracted significant interest over the last 10 years owing to their improved safety, natural availability, and cost optimization; hence, AZIBs are believed to be useful materials for next-gen energy storage technologies. However, AZIBs still encounter significant problems in practice, including interfacial instability, limited energy density, and insufficient cycling stability. The main problem is that the deposition of Zn ions on the device's anode surface remains non-uniform after successive cycles. This project aims to reduce this limitation by manipulating Zn ion transport kinetics through material engineering to achieve uniform Zn deposition and stripping in a single step for stable, durable Zn ion batteries.