The electronic structures of pyrite-type transition-metal chalcogenide
s MS2-xSex (M = Fe, Co, Ni) has been investigated by photoemission and
inverse-photoemission spectroscopy. The valence-band spectrum of ferr
omagnetic CoS2 does not show exchange splitting of the Co 3d peak, in
disagreement with band-structure calculations. High-resolution photoem
ission spectra of NiS1.55Se0.45 shows spectral weight transfer from lo
w (similar or equal to 50 meV) to high (0.2-0.5 eV) binding energies,
in going from the metallic to the insulating phase.