CV — Phillip K. Ridley

Publications H-Index: 15

Liu, A., Li, W., Han, B., Ridley, P., Ah, L., Bhamwala, B., Vicencio, M., Kannan, D.R.R., Rikka, V.R., Premnath, V., Jeevarajan, J.A., Bao, W., Shirley-Meng, Y. (2025). Unveiling the graphite electrolyte interphase evolution under fast charging conditions in commercial cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 17(50), 68650–68660.
Ridley, P. et al. (2025). Tailoring chloride solid electrolyte structures for reversible redox. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147(23), 19508–19519.
Ridley, P., Nguyen, L.H.B., Sebti, E., Han, B., Duong, G., Meng, Y.S. et al. (2024). Amorphous and nanocrystalline halide solid electrolytes with enhanced sodium-ion conductivity. Matter, 7(2), 485–499.
Deysher, G., Ridley, P., Ham, S.Y., Doux, J.M., Meng, Y.S. et al. (2022). Transport and mechanical aspects of all-solid-state lithium batteries. Materials Today Physics, 24, 100679.
Sebti, E., Qi, J., Richardson, P.M., Ridley, P. et al. (2022). Synthetic control of structure and conduction properties in Na–Y–Zr–Cl solid electrolytes. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10(40), 21565–21578.

Ridley, P., Duong, G., Meng, Y.S. Chloride catholyte compounds, cathode composites, and solid state batteries made therewith. U.S. Patent Application No. US20260051497A1 (filed 2025, published 2026). Assignee: University of California San Diego.
Ridley, P., Meng, Y.S. Sodium-deficient chloride-based sodium solid electrolyte. U.S. Patent Application No. US20260100411A1 (filed 2023, published 2026). Assignee: University of California San Diego.

2025–present Senior Research Associate, CUNY Energy Institute, City College of New York
2025 Battery Materials & Manufacturing Supply Chain Fellow, U.S. Department of Energy
2020–2024 Graduate Student Researcher, UC San Diego (Meng Group)
2018–2020 Graduate Student Researcher, Drexel University
2017 SULI Intern, Argonne National Laboratory
2015–2018 Materials Co-op & Summer Research Assistant, Graphenix Development Inc.