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Aqueous zinc‐iodine (Zn─I2) battery is a promising energy storage system due to its inherent safety, high theoretical capacity, sustainability, and cost‐effectiveness. However, the shuttle effect of polyiodide severely affects the stable loading of active iodine and even accelerates the corrosion of the Zn anode, thus impeding its further advancement. Herein, a unique trimethylsulfonium cation (TMS+) with strong adsorption is proposed to stabilize both the iodine cathode and Zn anode. Benefiting from the robust interaction between TMS+ and polyiodide, the electrolyte can effectively immobilize large‐capacity iodine in the form of oily precipitate, thus avoiding the shuttle effect of polyiodide and the Zn corrosion. Additionally, TMS+ can be preferentially adsorbed on various Zn facets, inducing an electrostatic shielding effect to inhibit Zn dendrite growth. Consequently, Zn anode can be stably cycled over 3400 h at 5 mA cm−2/5 mAh cm−2, and a large areal capacity of 2.71 mAh cm−2 as well as long‐life stability over 6400 cycles is achieved for Zn─I2 battery. Furthermore, cation adsorption engineering is practically utilized in pouch cells, realizing superior fast‐charging stability over 790 cycles. This electrolyte modification with dual stabilizations is anticipated to be applied to other metal‐iodine batteries as a cost‐effective, facile, and safe strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

For microelectronic devices, the on‐chip microsupercapacitors with facile construction and high performance, are attracting researchers' prior consideration due to their high compatibility with modern microsystems. Herein, we proposed interchanging interdigital Au‐/MnO2/polyethylene dioxythiophene stacked microsupercapacitor based on a microfabrication process followed by successive electrochemical deposition. The stacked configuration of two pseudocapacitive active microelectrodes meritoriously leads to an enhanced contact area between MnO2 and the conductive and electroactive layer of polyethylene dioxythiophene, hence providing excellent electron transport and diffusion pathways of electrolyte ions, resulting in increased pseudocapacitance of MnO2 and polyethylene dioxythiophene. The stacked quasi‐solid‐state microsupercapacitors delivered the maximum specific capacitance of 43 mF cm−2 (211.9 F cm−3), an energy density of 3.8 μWh cm−2 (at a voltage window of 0.8 V) and 5.1 μWh cm−2 (at a voltage window of 1.0 V) with excellent rate capability (96.6% at 2 mA cm−2) and cycling performance of 85.3% retention of initial capacitance after 10 000 consecutive cycles at a current density of 5 mA cm−2, higher than those of ever reported polyethylene dioxythiophene and MnO2‐based planar microsupercapacitors. Benefiting from the favorable morphology, bilayer microsupercapacitor is utilized as a flexible humidity sensor with a response/relaxation time superior to those of some commercially available integrated microsensors. This strategy will be of significance in developing high‐performance on‐chip integrated microsupercapacitors/microsensors at low cost and environment‐friendly routes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]