Properties of (Ni-P)-ZnO Electroless Nanocoating on PET Fabrics

Electroless composite plating of (Ni—P)—ZnO nanoparticles on polyethylene terephthalate fabric was performed in the laboratory. The (Ni—P)— ZnO composite plated fabric was investigated by means of scanning electron microscope, energy dispersive spectroscopy, thermal gravimetric analysis, and X-ray diffraction analysis. The electromagnetic shielding performance and abrasion resistance were also measured. The results show that the onset decomposition temperature of the Ni—P-plated fabric is higher than that of the (Ni—P)—ZnO composite plated fabric, but is lower than that of the original one. The face-centered cube crystal structure of Ni—P deposition is formed due to the incorporation of nano ZnO particles. As compared with the Ni—P-plated fabric, the shielding effectiveness and the abrasion resistance for the (Ni—P)—ZnO composite plated fabric decrease when their percentage weight increases are identical. For the (Ni—P)—ZnO composite plated fabric, the add-ons of nano ZnO particles in the plating solution has little effect on the shielding effectiveness.