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Abstract Sodium plating–stripping with high reversibility is still an intractable challenge for sodium metal‐based batteries due to the fragile natural solid‐electrolyte interphase (SEI) film and severe Na dendrites growth. Herein, a surface reconstruction strategy is proposed and a rooted heterogeneous interlayer derived from in situ reactions between tin selenide and Na metal ( abbr . Na/SnSe) is produced to regulate Na + deposition behavior and impede dendrite growth. The high sodiophilic Na 15 Sn 4 component demonstrates the robust combination and dendrite suppression capability, inhibiting fracture and delamination problems during volume variation. Meanwhile, the superionic Na 2 Se ingredient contributes to the optimized Na + conduction efficiency and low nucleation overpotential, enabling uniform distribution of electrical fields and ultimately eliminating Na dendrites. Consequently, the reconfigured multifunctional Na/SnSe interphase realizes a long‐term lifespan over 2400 h at 0.5 mA cm −2 /1 mAh cm −2 in symmetric cell with an extremely low voltage hysteresis. Moreover, the assembled Na/SnSe||NaNi 1/3 Fe 1/3 Mn 1/3 O 2 pouch cell achieves exceptional cycling stability and capacity retention (90.4 mAh g −1 after 1800 cycles at a high current density of 2 A g −1 ), exploiting an avenue for designing durable SEI layer and high‐quality sodium metal batteries.
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