Nanostructure materials are used extensively in the field of solar energy conversion. Black chrome is one of the nanoscale thin films that are used as optically selective absorber coatings in thermal solar collectors. Nanostructure black chrome thin films have been prepared by electroplating technique on brass, copper, steel and bright nickel substrates. Then the effects of substrate material on surface and optical properties of nanostructure black chrome thin films have been investigated. The phase structure and surface morphology of the deposited films were examined by using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), respectively. The chemical composition of these thin films was determined by energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDS). Spectral reflectance of these thin films in the UV-Vis-NIR region was measured.