A problem to be solved by the invention is to provide a production method of a
nitrogen-containing
carbon alloy that has sufficiently high
redox activity or has a large number of reaction electrons of
redox reaction. A method for producing a
nitrogen-containing
carbon alloy comprising baking a precursor containing a
nitrogen-containing
organic compound and an inorganic
metal salt containing one or more kinds of Fe, Co, Ni, Mn and Cr, wherein: the precursor satisfies one of the requirements (a) and (b) below, and, the nitrogen-containing
organic compound is one of a compound represented by the formula (1) below, a
tautomer of the compound, and a salt and
hydrate thereof: (a) the precursor contains the inorganic
metal salt in an amount exceeding 45% by
mass based on the total amount of the nitrogen-containing
organic compound and the inorganic
metal salt of the precursor, in which the total amount includes the
mass of hydrated water in the nitrogen-containing organic compound and the inorganic metal salt, and the amount of the inorganic metal salt includes the
mass of hydrated water in the inorganic metal, (b) the precursor further contains a β-
diketone metal complex: