The design, fabrication, and initial analysis of a continuous energy harvesting and storage device for wireless sensor applications were undertaken. A Si nanowire-based photovoltaic (PV) device and Li ion battery were integrated onto a single Si substrate. The three terminal device consisted of separate positive terminals for each component and a shared negative electrode. The effect of Li+ incorporation into the planar PV electrode was evaluated. The current-voltage behavior of the PV device was tolerant to high Li+ concentrations. A titanium nitride layer between the battery and PV portions of the shared electrode was shown to be an effective diffusion barrier to Li+ incorporation. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.