“…Previously, this method was used in diverse computational studies on fullerenes, including structure simulations [62][63][64], DFT-assisted spectral characterization of fullerene compounds [62,[65][66][67], assessing their molecular and energetic parameters [68][69][70][71], kinetic and thermodynamic studies of fullerene reactions [62,[72][73][74][75][76][77][78]. The method is also applied to related compounds such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons [68,79,80] and endofullerenes [69][70][71]81]. The accuracy and reliability of PBE/3ζ were discussed in the mentioned papers.…”