Despite considerable efforts to develop alternatives to graphite, it remains thedominant anode material in commercially available energy storage systems, such aslithium-ion batteries and supercapacitors, owing to its low electrical resistivity, thermalexpansion, and low cost. In this work, nitrogen-doped graphite was prepared via polyvinylpyrrolidonepyrolysis to enhance the performance of graphite-based electrodes. The aspreparedN-doped graphite was investigated in detail by field-emission scanning electronmicroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry,electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, and galvanostatic charge/discharge. The resultsshow that N-doped graphite (N content of 2.52 wt%) synthesized at 700 °C exhibits a highspecific capacitance of 32.85 F g-1 at 1 A g-1, which is approximately three times greaterthan that of pristine graphite.