The report provides a preliminary assessment of the charge storage prerogatives of an asymmetric electrochemical capacitor employing a carbon-grafted NiO electrode interfaced with 1-ethyl-3-methyl imidazoliumdicyanamide as an ionic liquid electrolyte. This configuration has been demonstrated to be potentially exploited for developing hybrid supercapacitors providing as high energy density as 21 W h Kg⁻¹.