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Experimental and computational work demonstrates effective electronic transport in hierarchical nanocomposites, suggesting design improvements for energy applications.
Understanding electronic transport in hierarchical multicomponent nanocomposites is critical for the rational design of high‐performance materials for energy storage and electrocatalysis; however, conventional experimental techniques provide only bulk‐averaged information and fail to resolve phase‐specific transport limitations. In this work, a hierarchical mesoporous MoSe 2 @CoSe/N‐doped carbon nanocomposite is investigated through an integrated experimental–computational framework, with a particular emphasis on phase‐resolved electronic transport. A realistic three‐dimensional finite element model is developed to explicitly decouple the electronic contributions of MoSe 2 , CoSe, and the N‐doped carbon matrix under steady‐state conditions. The simulations reveal that, despite constituting only ∼25 vol% of the composite, the N‐doped carbon and CoSe phases collectively conduct more than 80% of the total electronic current, while MoSe 2 primarily functions as the electrochemically active host. The optimized architecture exhibits an effective electronic conductivity of ∼1.7 × 10 5 S m −1 with a maximum internal potential gradient limited to ∼0.9 × 10 7 V m −1 , indicating highly uniform current redistribution. Sensitivity analyses further demonstrate that minor deviations in phase ratio or interfacial quality can reduce the effective conductivity by up to ∼40%, highlighting critical nanoscale electrical bottlenecks. These numerical predictions are in excellent agreement with experimental results, including a reversible capacity of 485 mAh g −1 , 91.4% capacity retention after 300 cycles at 2 A g −1 , and a low hydrogen evolution overpotential of 64 mV at 10 mA cm −2 . This study establishes a predictive structure–transport–performance framework for the engineering design of hierarchical selenide‐based nanocomposites.
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