Safety concerns pose as ignificant challenge for the large-scale employment of lithium-sulfur batteries.E xtremely flammable conventional electrolytes and dendritic lithium deposition cause severe safety issues.N ow,a ni ntrinsic flameretardant (IFR) electrolyte is presented consisting of 1.1m lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide in as olvent mixture of flame-retardant triethyl phosphate and high flashpoint solvent 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl-2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropyl (1:3, v/v) for safe lithium-sulfur (LiĂS) batteries.T his electrolyte exhibits favorable flame-retardant properties and high reversibility of the lithium metal anode (Coulombic efficiency > 99 %). This IFR electrolyte enables stable lithium plating/stripping behavior with micro-sized and dense-packing lithium deposition at high temperatures.W hen coupled with as ulfurized pyrolyzed poly(acrylonitrile) cathode,L i ĂSb atteries deliver ah igh composite capacity (840.1 mAh g Ă1 )and high sulfur utilization of 95.6 %.