Company: AIRJW
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001013762-25-002263
Chunk: 85

Company: AirJoule Technologies Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 85
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oule Technologies Corporation, and our wholly-owned subsidiary
changed its name from Montana Technologies LLC to AirJoule Technologies LLC.

The AirJoule Technology

Advanced Sorbents

AirJoule is a transformational technology that uses an advanced sorbent,
in conjunction with a proprietary pressure swing system, to cost-effectively harvest pure distilled water from air. At present, the sorbent
used in AirJoule systems is a proprietary metal organic framework (“MOF”). MOFs are a class of porous, crystalline materials
composed of metal ions or clusters coordinated to organic ligands, forming highly ordered, three-dimensional structures. Known for their
exceptionally high surface areas, which often surpass that of traditional porous materials, MOFs can be engineered at the molecular level
to adsorb certain molecules from the air. Adsorption occurs when a molecule of one substance binds to the surface of another molecule
(in contrast to absorption, where one material is taken into the bulk of another material). Desorption is the opposite process, whereby
a molecule is released from the surface of another molecule.

MOFs have been widely studied for their potential applications in various
fields, including gas storage and separation, catalysis, sensing, and drug delivery. MTMOF1 is the specific MOF used by AirJoule, which
is manufactured by BASF using our proprietary formula. MTMOF1 is highly engineered to adsorb water vapor molecules, and it can adsorb
more than 50% of its weight in water vapor.

Pressure Swing System

Our proprietary pressure swing system integrates adsorption and desorption
functions, so the heat of adsorption can be used to assist desorption under vacuum, eliminating or reducing the need for additional energy.
In one chamber, ambient air is passed over heat exchangers coated with a paper-thin film of MOF (the “coated contactors”),
pulling water vapor into the material’s nano-sized pores. The heat that is generated from adsorbing water vapor is then transferred
to the other chamber to help release water previously captured in the MOF pores. An air purge pump creates a light vacuum pressure to
help release the water vapor from the MOF. Once the high-capacity MOF has released the water vapor, the twin chambers reverse their functions
and the cycle repeats, reducing the need to add heat or cooling to the process. By balancing the heat transfer between chambers, the system
works to minimize energy consumption and allows the AirJou