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Abstract A phosphorus-sulfur/graphene composite (PS/G composites) cathode via a one-step PS additive reaction at 320 °C is reported to achieve high volumetric capacities with a high sulfur packing density. The PS/G composites are self-supporting, bendable, and compressible, and can be easily compressed into a sheet of binder-free LiS cathode. The PS/G cathode with an extremely high cathode sulfur density of 1.8 g cm−3 (active materials content of 80%) delivers an excellent specific capacity of 959 mA h g−1, an areal capacity of 5.5 mA h cm−2, and exhibits a low capacity fading rate (0.15% per cycle) within 200 cycles (~60% utilization). Consequently, the electrode gives a corresponding high volumetric capacity of 1726 mA h cm−3 (the volume is based on all cathode materials plus current collector). Moreover, flexible devices of Li-S pouch cell using PS/G composites as cathodes shows stable electrochemical characteristics under bending condition, demonstrating their feasibility in commercial batteries.