The invention discloses a method for processing the surface of a Cu electrode of a multistage depressed collector through graphene, relates to the technology of vacuum electronics, and provides a novel collector processing technology applicable to a high-efficiency travelling-wave tube. According to the method, a grapheme coating is adopted and can be directly used for processing the oxygen-free copper electrode, secondary electron emission is restrained, the recovery efficiency of the multistage depressed collector is improved, and the overall efficiency of the travelling-wave tube is improved. The method is simple in process, controllable in technology and low in cost, and the processed multistage depressed collector can achieve the same secondary electron emission restraining effect as a collector made of graphite. The processed multistage depressed collector has the advantages of a traditional graphite collector, has higher mechanical performance, electric conduction performance and heat conduction performance, and solves the problems that the structure is loose, strength is low and the graphite collector is prone to generating graphite dust under a long-term bombardment of electron beams, thereby effectively improving the efficiency and reliability of the travelling-wave tube.