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.