CHARACTERIZATION OF THE UV, VISIBLE AND NEAR-IR SPECTRA OF THE FULLERIDE ANIONS C-60(1-), C-60(2-) AND C-60(3-), AND THEORETICAL-ANALYSIS OF THE SPECTRA OF C-60(1+), C-60(0), C-60(1-), C-60(2-) AND C-60(3-) BY SELF-CONSISTENT FIELD-X-ALPHA-SCATTERED-WAVE (SCF-X-ALPHA-SW) CALCULATIONS
The spectra of the electrogenerated C60(2-), and C60(3-) ions reveal intense near-IR absorption bands similar to those observed in C60(1-); theoretical analysis of the spectra of C60z species (z = 1+, 0, 1-,2-,3-) by SCF-X-alpha-SW calculations provides an explicit interpretation of the strong bands in the UV region, and establishes the nature of the characteristic near-IR bands observed for the cationic and anionic species.