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Herein, we address this issue by designing a dual\u2010functional fluorinated interphase on a Cu current collector, which couples high zincophilicity with robust hydrophobicity. This design leverages the electronegative fluorine atoms to enhance the zincophility of the sulfonyl tail group and guide uniform nucleation, while the fluorinated chains establish a compact hydrophobic barrier thermodynamically suppressing water\u2010induced side reactions. As a proof\u2010of\u2010concept, we employ molecularly tunable self\u2010assembled monolayers (SAMs) of benzene\u2010based thiols on Cu. By designing a series of ligands with stepwise increased fluorination (non\u2010fluorinated CPM \u2192 mono\u2010fluorosulfonyl MPM \u2192 di\u2010fluorosulfonyl DMPM), we demonstrate that higher fluorine content progressively enhances zincophilic site density and hydrophobic shielding. Consequently, the DMPM\u2010modified Cu electrode achieves highly reversible dendrite\u2010free Zn plating\/stripping with an average Coulombic efficiency of 99.56% over 1000 cycles. This fluorinated interface exhibits universal robustness across capacitive (graphite), intercalation (Zn\n                    <jats:sub>x<\/jats:sub>\n                    V\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    O\n                    <jats:sub>5<\/jats:sub>\n                    ), and conversion (ZnI\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    ) cathodes, with practical viability demonstrated in a 0.2 Ah pouch cell. 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