In summary, we successfully synthesized UV-responsive single- microcapsule self-healing material with enhanced UV-shielding SiO2/ ZnO hybrid shell. A mixture of epoxy resin and photoinitiator was firstly microencapsulated with the shell of SiO2 by an improved interfacial and in situ polymerization mothed, and highly dispersed and ultrathin ZnO nanoparticles were in-situ embedded into the mesoporous inorganic SiO2 shell to obtain SiO2/ZnO hybrid microcapsule. Ultrathin ZnO nanoparticles as a UV absorber endows the microcapsule with excellent UV absorbing ability and protect the liquid healing agents as the core from being cured by UV radiation before UV-induced self-healing behavior in the UV-sufficient space environment. Moreover, in contrast to conventional polymer shell, our stable inorganic SiO2 counterpart could avoid the degradation fate catalyzed by photo-responsive ZnO or TiO2 nanoparticles, thereby enhancing the stability of the microcapsule. As expected, SiO2/ZnO microcapsules aged for even 21 days under UV radiation still preserve good self-healing performance with respect to epoxy coatings. We believe that our UV-responsive single-microcapsule self-healing material with SiO2/ZnO hybrid shell have great potential application in UV-sufficient space environment and the strategy could be expanded to develop more UV-induced self-healing materials.