Preparation of conductive wool fabrics and adsorption behaviour of Pd (II) ions on chitosan in the pre-treatment

▶ An effective chemical plating of Ni-P alloy on wool fabrics is proposed. ▶ Chitosan (CTS) is used as a carrier agent to absorb catalyst PdCl2. ▶ Adsorption mechanism of Pd (II) ions on CTS is studied and kinetic curves nicely fitted to the pseudo-first-order equation. ▶ Conductive wool fabrics are also characterized and have a good ability of electromagnetic shielding.