Human hair-derived high surface area porous carbon material for the adsorption isotherm and kinetics of tetracycline antibiotics

• KOH-activated carbon was prepared from naturally available human hair. • High surface area of 1505.11m2/g and microporosity of 68.34% were obtained. • Kinetics and isotherm studies were performed for tetracycline removal. • Maximum monolayer adsorption capacity of 210.18mg/g was achieved at 50°C....
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• KOH-activated carbon was prepared from naturally available human hair. • High surface area of 1505.11m2/g and microporosity of 68.34% were obtained. • Kinetics and isotherm studies were performed for tetracycline removal. • Maximum monolayer adsorption capacity of 210.18mg/g was achieved at 50°C. Ausführliche Beschreibung