context: Despite the merits of zinc anode, ARZIBs are still at a development stage due to the lack of suitable Zn-ion host materials. To date, various materials have been explored as cathodes for ARZIBs, such as manganese-based oxides, Prussian blue analogues, polyanionic compounds, and vanadium-based compounds. However, most of the reported cathode materials suffer from insufficient rate capability, low capacity, and energy density. The main reasons can be ascribed to three factors: (i) the relativity poor conductivity leads to sluggish ion/electron transport kinetics, especially in quasi-solid-state electrolytes; (ii) the use of non-active additives such as polyvinylidene fluoride and polypyrrole, which were usually employed to ameliorate the flexibility of powder-formed active materials, would inevitably increase the “dead mass” of the cathode, thus limiting the overall energy density of the full devices; (iii) the increased contact resistance between the active materials and the current collector, and the interfacial resistance between the electrode and electrolyte, arising from the repeated reversible Zn2+ (de)intercalation processes, further result in a decrease in the high rate ability. Therefore, there is an urgent demand to explore free-standing materials that can adequately accommodate Zn2+ insertion/extraction rapidly and steadily to promote the progress of ARZIBs.