Energy generation and energy storage are two distinct processes that are usually accomplished using two separated units designed on the basis of different physical principles, such as piezoelectric nanogenerator and Li-ion battery; the former converts mechanical energy into electricity, and the latter stores electric energy as chemical energy. Here, we introduce a fundamental mechanism that directly hybridizes the two processes into one, in which the mechanical energy is directly converted and simultaneously stored as chemical energy without going through the intermediate step of first converting into electricity. By replacing the polyethylene (PE) separator as for conventional Li battery with a piezoelectric poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) film, the piezoelectric potential from the PVDF film as created by mechanical straining acts as a charge pump to drive Li ions to migrate from the cathode to the anode accompanying charging reactions at electrodes. This new approach can be applied to fabricating a self-charging power cell (SCPC) for sustainable driving micro/nanosystems and personal electronics. KEYWORDS: Self-charging power cell, mechanical energy, piezoelectricity, lithium ion battery, electrochemistry E nergy conversion and storage 1−3 are the two most important technologies in today's green and renewable energy science, which are usually separated units designed on the basis of vastly different approaches. As for energy harvesting, depending on the nature of energy sources, such as solar, 4−7 thermal, 8 chemical, 9 and mechanical, 10,11 various mechanisms have been developed for effectively converting them into electricity. Take smaller scale mechanical energy as an example, piezoelectric nanogenerators (NGs) have been developed into a powerful approach for converting lowfrequency, biomechanical energy into electricity. 12−14 The mechanism of the NG relies on the piezoelectric potential created by an externally applied strain in the piezoelectric material for driving the flow of electrons in the external load. 12 As for energy storage, Li-ion battery 15−20 is one of the most effective approaches, in which the electric energy is stored as chemical energy through the migration of Li ions under the driving of an externally applied voltage source and the follow up electrochemical reactions occurring at the anode and cathode. 21 In general, electricity generation and energy storage are two distinct processes that are accomplished through two different and separated physical units achieving the conversions from mechanical energy to electricity and then from electric energy to chemical energy, respectively. Here, we introduce a fundamental mechanism that directly hybridizes the two processes into one, through which the mechanical energy is directly converted and simultaneously stored as chemical energy, so that the nanogenerator and the battery are hybridized as a single unit. Such an integrated self-charging power cell (SCPC), which can be charged up by mechanical deformation and vibration from the e...