Nealey Group

Peter Bennington

Peter received his Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from University of California, San Diego in 2016. Peter joined PME at the University of Chicago in 2017 as a graduate student and currently works under the supervision of Prof. Shrayesh Patel and Prof. Paul Nealey.

Peter’s current research focuses on solid polymer electrolytes for energy storage applications.  His work involves understanding the self-assembly behavior and electrochemical performance of ion conducting polymers.

Entropic Penalty Switches Li+ Solvation Site Formation and Transport Mechanisms in Mixed Polarity Copolymer Electrolytes

Chuting Deng, Peter Bennington, Regina J Sánchez-Leija, Shrayesh N Patel, Paul F Nealey, Juan J de Pablo. Macromolecules 2023, 56, 19, 8069–8079

Surface Reconstruction Limited Conductivity in Block‐Copolymer Li Battery Electrolytes

Sutton, P., Bennington, P., Patel, S., Stefik, M., Wiesner, U., Nealey, P., Steiner, U., & Gunkel, I. (2019). Surface Reconstruction Limited Conductivity in Block‐Copolymer Li Battery Electrolytes. Advanced Functional Materials, 29(48), https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201905977

Nanothin film conductivity measurements reveal interfacial influence on ion transport in polymer electrolytes

Dong, B. X., Bennington, P., Kambe, Y., Sharon, D., Dolejsi, M., Strzalka, J., … Patel, S. N. (2019). Nanothin film conductivity measurements reveal interfacial influence on ion transport in polymer electrolytes. Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 4(3), 597–608. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9ME00011A

Interrogation of Electrochemical Properties of Polymer Electrolyte Thin Films with Interdigitated Electrodes

Sharon, D., Bennington, P., Liu, C., Kambe, Y., Dong, B. X., Burnett, V. F., … Nealey, P. F. (2018). Interrogation of Electrochemical Properties of Polymer Electrolyte Thin Films with Interdigitated Electrodes. Journal of The Electrochemical Society , 165(16), H1028–H1039. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0291816jes

Mixed-Polarity Copolymers Based on Ethylene Oxide and Cyclic Carbonate: Insights into Li-Ion Solvation and Conductivity

Peter Bennington, Regina J Sánchez-Leija, Chuting Deng, Daniel Sharon, Juan J de Pablo, Shrayesh N Patel, Paul F Nealey. Macromolecules. 2023, 56, 11, 4244–4255