Core electron level structure in C60F18 and C60F36 fluorinated fullerenes

The structure of C1s and F1s core electron levels in C60F18 and C60F36 fluorinated fullerenes has been studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy using synchrotron radiation. It is established that C1s levels of carbon atoms not bound to fluorine in these compounds are shifted down by 1.0 and 1.6 eV relative to the C1s level in the usual C60 fullerene, so that the binding energies of the core electron levels in C60F18 and C60F36 amount to E b (C1s, C-C) = 285.7 and 286.3 eV, respectively. These values are characteristic and can be used for the identification of both homogeneous fluorinated fullerenes and combined materials comprising a mixture of various fluorinated fullerenes with each other and with different carbon-containing based materials.