Extraordinary properties of graphenic materials no longer need to be demonstrated. Nitrogen doping has been known to broaden the graphene application fields, especially for catalysis purposes. The present work reports a solvothermal-based process for the synthesis of a nitrogen-doped graphenic foam with up to 2.6 at.% nitrogen, exhibiting the inherent properties of graphenic materials with high textural properties and surface areas as high as 2243 m².g-1. This study aims to give a better understanding of the influence of the pyrolysis treatment on the properties of the produced material for optimization of the synthesis in view to fuel cell applications. Several cross-linked techniques such as transmission electron microscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, Raman spectroscopy, nitrogen physisorption at 77 K and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy have been employed to give a complete, precise characterization of the elaborated N-doped graphenic foams, leading to optimized conditions for the pyrolysis step. Pyrolysis at 850 °C has been found to allow the best compromise in terms of purity, homogeneity and crystallinity, with high fractions of pyrrolic, pyridinic and graphitic N-substitution that are known to greatly enhance the material catalytic properties. An oxidative degradation process was also evidenced for temperatures above 875 °C, leading to far lower graphene amounts.