What is the largest known prime of the form $(3^n + 1)/4$?

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Consider integers of the form $(3^n + 1)/4$.

I was able to find some primes.

examples : $n = 13,23,43$ all give primes.

It seems similar to Fermat primes or Mersenne primes.

So how many of $(3^n + 1)/4$ are prime ?

Are there infinitely many ? Or only finite ?

Since this question may be to hard ;

What is the largest known prime of the form $(3^n + 1)/4$ ?

Any sources ?