Exhibit 4.1


 


	NUMBER	 	_______ UNITS
	U-__________	 	 


 


	SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS	CHARDAN NEXTECH ACQUISITION CORP.	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	CUSIP 159562206


 


UNITS CONSISTING OF ONE SHARE OF COMMON
STOCK AND


ONE WARRANT, EACH WHOLE
WARRANT ENTITLING THE HOLDER

TO PURCHASE ONE SHARE OF COMMON STOCK


 


	THIS CERTIFIES THAT 	 	 


 


	is the owner of	 	Units.


 


Each Unit (“Unit”) consists of one
share of common stock, par value $.0001 per share, of Chardan NexTech Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
and one warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of common stock of the Company at $11.50 per share (subject
to adjustment), commencing 30 days after the Company’s completion of a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase,
recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination, with one or more target businesses (a “Business Combination”).
Each warrant expires 5 years after the completion of an initial Business Combination, at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, or earlier upon
redemption or liquidation.


 


The common stock and warrant(s) comprising the
Unit(s) represented by this certificate are not transferable separately until the 90th day after the date of the prospectus relating to
the Company’s initial public offering (the “IPO”), unless Chardan Capital Markets, LLC informs the Company of its decision
to allow earlier separate trading, provided that the Company has filed with the Securities and Exchanges Commission a Current Report on
Form 8-K, which includes an audited balance sheet reflecting the Company’s receipt of the gross proceeds of the IPO.


 


The terms of the warrants are governed by a warrant
agreement (the “Warrant Agreement”), dated as of [●], 2021, between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer &
Trust Company, as the warrant agent, and are subject to the terms and provisions contained therein, all of which terms and provisions
the holder of this certificate consents to by acceptance hereof. Copies of the Warrant Agreement are on file at the office of the warrant
agent at 1 State Street, 20th Floor, New York, New York 10004, and are available to any warrant holder on written request and without
cost.


 


This certificate is not valid unless countersigned
by the Transfer Agent and Registrar of the Company.


 


Witness the facsimile seal of the Company
and the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers.


 


[Corporate Seal]


 


This Unit Certificate shall be governed
and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.


 


	By:	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	Chairman	 	Secretary


 






     


     


    

 


Chardan NexTech Acquisition Corp.


 


The Company will furnish
without charge to each stockholder who so requests, a statement of the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating,
optional or other special rights of each class of shares or series thereof of the Company and the qualifications, limitations,
or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.


 


The following abbreviations,
when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according
to applicable laws or regulations:


 


	TEN COM –	as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - _____ Custodian ______
	TEN ENT –	as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor)
	JT TEN –	as joint tenants with right of survivorship under Uniform Gifts to Minors
	 	and not as tenants in common Act ______________
	 	(State)


 


Additional abbreviations may also be used
though not in the above list.


 


For value received, ___________________________
hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto


 


PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER 


IDENTIFYING NUMBER
OF ASSIGNEE


 


	 	 


 


	 
	(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)
	 
	 
	 
	 


 


	 	Units 



represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably
constitute and appoint


 


	 	Attorney



to transfer the said Units on the books
of the within named Company with full power of substitution in the premises.


 


	Dated	 	 


 


	 	 	 
	 	Notice:	The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.


Signature(s) Guaranteed:


	 	 
	THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION
	(BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH
	MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM,
	PURSUANT TO SEC RULE 17Ad-15).	 


 


The holder of this certificate shall be
entitled to receive funds with respect to the underlying share of common stock from the trust account established in connection
with the Company’s initial public offering only in the event of the Company’s liquidation upon failure to consummate
a business combination within the required time period set forth in the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
(the “Certificate”), as the same may be amended from time to time, or if the holder seeks to convert his or her respective
shares of common stock underlying the Unit upon consummation of such business combination or in connection with certain amendments
to the Certificate. In no other circumstances shall the holder have any right or interest of any kind in or to the trust account.