The invention relates to a method for chemically plating 
nickel on the surface of carbon 
fiber. The invention aims to solve the problem that the existing method for chemically plating the 
nickel on the surface of the carbon 
fiber causes environment 
pollution, is unstable in activation fluid, complex in operation, and low in plating layer bonding intensity. The method comprises the following steps of: 1, firstly, removing glue and oil from the surface of the carbon 
fiber; 2, soaking in concentrated 
nitric acid for coarsening, then washing by 
distilled water under the help of 
ultrasound, and finally 
drying into constant weight, so that the cleaned and coarsened carbon fiber can be obtained; 3, firstly, soaking the obtained product in the activation fluid, then washing by 
distilled water and soaking in 
sodium borohydride solution to be reduced, and finally rewashing by 
distilled water, so that the 
activated carbon fiber can be obtained; and 4, soaking into chemical 
nickel-plating liquid, withdrawing, and washing by distilled water, and then 
drying into constant weight, so that the nickel can be chemically plated on the surface of the carbon fiber. The method for is mainly used for chemically plating the nickel on the surface of the carbon fiber.