The invention provides a method for
metallizing a flexible PET (
Poly Ethylene Terephthalate)-base ITO (
Indium Tin Oxide) conductive layer and an application of the method, belonging to the technical field of
chemical plating and being applicable to the edge conductive wiring of an ITO
electrode layer of a flexible touch screen and the metallization of a terminal of the edge conductive wiring. A chemical
nickel-plating method comprises the eight major steps of
solvent degreasing, basic
degreasing,
alkaline etching, acid activating, precatalyzing, catalyzing, reducing and chemical
nickel plating. The method has excellent selectivity to the conductive face of PET plastics and overcomes the defects that a
metal coating cannot be formed selectively on the conductive face of the PET plastics by virtue of traditional chemical
nickel-plating; the obtained
coating is firmly bonded with a conductive base body of the PET plastics, and has good glossiness, and therefore, the resistance of the conductive face of the PET plastics is greatly reduced and the electric
conductivity of the conductive face is greatly improved. The chemical nickel-plating method is rich in
raw material source, economic and environment-friendly, and applicable to the edge conductive wiring of the ITO
electrode layer (conductive PET plastics) of the flexible touch screen and the metallization of the conductive terminal thereof as well as the metallization of other components containing the conductive PET plastics.