The invention provides a carbon
fiber surface chemical nickel plating method. The method specifically comprises the steps that (1) pretreatment is conducted, and carbon
fiber pretreatment is divided into
degreasing treatment, roughing treatment,
sensitization treatment and activation treatment; (2) plating solution preparation is conducted, specifically, deionized water is used as a solution, and the following components of main salt, a compounding ingredient, a stabilizer and a complexing agent are sequentially added into the solution, wherein the main salt is
nickel sulfate hexahydrate with the density being 30-45 g / L, the compounding agent is
ammonium chloride with the density being 25-30 g / L, and the stabilizer and the complexing agent are prepared in the mode that
sodium citrate with the density being 15-25 g / L is prepared, and the PH value of the
sodium citrate is adjusted to 10-11 through a
sodium hydroxide solution; (3) pretreated
carbon fibers are soaked into the plating solution prepared in the step two, and after the temperature of the plating solution rises to 80-100 DEG C, a hydrazine
hydrate solution with the density being 25 ml / L is slowly dropwise added into the plating solution for reduction; and (4) the reduced
carbon fibers are stored in a
vacuum drying box with the temperature being 80-100 DEG C to be dried. According to the carbon
fiber surface chemical nickel plating method, the nickel plated
carbon fibers are prepared through the method of hydrazine
hydrate direct reduction, and other harmful elements are not introduced into the nickel plating process.