Abstract
Considering the very complex phase diagram of nickel sulphide, it is quite challenging to stabilize pure phases from a single precursor. Here, we obtain nanoparticles of various phases of nickel sulphide by decomposing nickel–thiourea complex at different temperatures. The first phase in the evolution is the one with the maximum sulphur content, namely, NiS2 nanoparticles obtained at 400°C. As the temperature is increased, nanoparticles of phases with lesser sulphur content, NiS (600°C) and Ni3S2 (800°C) are formed. NiS2 nanoparticles exhibit weak ferromagnetic transition at 30K and show a large exchange bias at 2K. NiS nanoparticles are antiferromagnetic and show relatively smaller exchange bias effect. On the other hand, Ni3S2 nanoparticles exhibit very weak temperature dependent magnetization. Electrical measurements show that both NiS2 and NiS are semiconductors whereas Ni3S2 is a metal.
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