Novel graphitic material containing chromium oxide (Cr2O3) nanoribbons is obtained by carbonizing a mixture of polyfurfuryl alcohol and MIL–101(Cr) at 900°C. Morphological, structural, and chemical analysis of the product is carried out with HR–TEM, SEM, XPS, XRD, and BET surface area. The maximum BET surface area recorded for the nanocomposite is 438m2 g−1. The nanocomposite exhibits a specific capacitance as high as 300Fg−1 at 2mVs−1 and 291Fg−1 at 0.25Ag−1, and presents 95.5% long–term cycling stability over 3000 cycles. The pseudo-capacitive role of Cr2O3 nanoribbons is found to be important towards total capacitance of nanocomposite material.