TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Polymer: The polysulfide chains also comprise -(Sm)-SO2- and -(Sm)-SO3-. The conductive polymer segments are grafts on a backbone of the nonconductive polymer segments. The conductive polymer segments include at least one moiety formed by polymerizing at least one monomer selected from pyrrole, aniline, indole, phenylene diamines, thiophene, acetylene, phenylene, vinyl phenylene, vinyl thienylene and their substituted derivatives, preferably pyrrole or aniline. The nonconductive polymer segments include at least one moiety formed by polymerizing at least one monomer selected from vinyl imidazole, aminostyrene, vinyl oxazoline, dimethylaminopropyl methacrylamide, diethylaminoethyl methacrylate, vinyl pyridine, acrylamide, diacetone acrylamide, vinylpyrrolidone, diallyldimethyl ammonium salts, methacryloyloxyethyl trimethyl ammonium salts, methacrylamidopropyl trimethyl ammonium salts, vinyl benzyl trimethylammonium salts and vinyl-1-methyl-pyridinium salts, preferably vinyl imidazole or aminostyrene, most preferably vinyl imidazole when the conductive segments are pyrrole or imidazole. The polysulfide chains comprise covalent moieties, -(Sm)-, covalently bonded by one or both terminal S atoms as a side group to the polymer; or anion moieties, -(Sm)-, covalently by a terminal S atom to the polymer; or dianion moieties, -(Sm)2-, and the conductive or nonconductive segments comprises positively charged atoms, where the moieties are ionically bonded to one or more of the positively charged atoms. The polymer comprises 50 wt.% (preferably 75 wt.%) S. In its oxidized state, the polymer has the formula (M')p((M''(Sm)x-n)y)z.M' = nonconductive repeat unit and is the same or different at each occurrenceM'' = conductive repeat unit and is the same or different at each occurrencen = integer from 0-3 and is the same or different at each occurrence, with the proviso that the number of (Sm)x- moieties at least1y = integer from 8-1000m = integer as abovex = integer from 0-2 and is the same or different at each occurrencep = integer from 2-20000z = integer from 1-100 and at mostpPreferred Method: The particle size of the elemental S is 0.01-100 micron. The liquid medium is water. The weight ratio of conductive to nonconductive polymer segments is 1:1 to 20:1. The weight ratio of the combined total of conductive and nonconductive repeat units is 1:1 to 1:15. The polymerization initiator is an oxidant selected from FeCl3, Fe(NO3)3, CuCl2, H2O2, (NH4)2S2O8, KIO3, I2, KMnO4 and K2Cr2O7. After separation, the polymer is purified and then dried.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ELECTRICAL POWER AND ENERGY - Preferred Method: After the liquid is removed, the cathode is heated to at least 120degreesC. During steps (a)-(c), at least one of a binder, electrolyte, nonelectroactive metal oxide and electroactive metal chalcogenide, may be added.Preferred Cell: The anode comprises at least one of metallic Li, Li-Al alloy, Li-Sn alloy, Li intercalated carbon and Li intercalated graphite. The electrolyte is at least one of liquid electrolyte, gel polymer electrolyte and solid polymer electrolyte. EXAMPLE - Poly(1-vinylimidazole) was prepared from vinylimidazole (50 g) in water (250 mL) using 2,2'-azobis(2-methylpropionamidine) dihydrochloride (0.5 g) as initiator. The molecular weight was estimated at 20000 by viscometry. 15 g (0.16 mol) of poly(1-vinylimidazole) in 150 mL of water and 75 mL (72.5 g, 108 mol) pyrrole were added to 2000 mL deionized water in a 5 L flask equipped with a mechanical stirrer. After the pyrrole was dissolved, 500 g elemental S was added and the mixture stirred for 0.5 hours. A solution of 280 g Na2S2O8 (1.17 mol) in 750 mL of deionized was added dropwise over 3 hours while maintaining the temperature near 40degreesC. After the addition of Na2S2O8 was complete, the reaction mixture was stirred for 2 hours more. The black solid product was filtered, washed with deionized water and with acetone, and dried under vacuum at 20-40degreesC for 24 hours. The yield of grafted polymer was 98%. Analysis: C, 8.54%; N, 2.60%; S, 86.39%.