Exhibit 4.1


 


	NUMBER	 	_______ UNITS
	 	 	 
	U-__________	 	 


 


	SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS	CHARDAN NEXTECH ACQUISITION 2 CORP.	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	CUSIP 159561208


 


UNITS CONSISTING OF ONE SHARE OF COMMON STOCK
AND


THREE-QUARTERS OF 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 2 Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
and three-quarters of 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), upon the later to occur of (i) 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”) or (ii) 12 months from the closing of the Company’s initial public offering (the “IPO”). Each warrant
expires 5 years after the completion of our 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 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 2 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.