Corrigendum: Synthesis of Colloidal Metal Nanocrystals: A Comprehensive Review on the Reductants

It has been brought to the authors′ attention that Table 1 contained a mix of both oxidation and reduction potentials. To avoid confusion, a corrected version of Table 1 is provided below. The authors apologize for any inconvenience caused. Reductant Oxidation reaction Eo (V vs. SHE) sodium borohydride (basic) BH4−+8 OH−→B(OH) −4+4 H2O+8e− 1.240 hydrazine (basic) N2H4+4 OH−→N2+4 H2O+4 e− 1.160 sodium borohydride (neutral) BH4−+3 H2O→B(OH)3+7 H++8 e− 0.481 hydropexoxyl O2−→O2+e− 0.330 hydrazine (acidic) N2H5+→N2+5 H++4 e− 0.230 formic acid HCOOH→CO2+2 H++2 e− 0.199 ethanol CH3CH2OH→CH3CHO+2 H++2 e− 0.197 methanol CH3OH→CH2O+2 H++2 e− 0.180 hydrogen H2→2 H++2 e− 0.000 ascorbic acid C6H8O6→C6H6O6+2 H++2 e− −0.077 acetaldehyde CH3CHO+H2O→CH3COOH+2 H++2 e− −0.390 polyvinylpyrrolidone HO(C6H9NO)nOH→HOO(C6H7NO)(C6H9NO)n−1OH+4 H++4 e− −0.400 hydrogen peroxide H2O2→O2+2 H++2 e− −0.695 hydroquinone C6H4(OH)2→C6H4O2+2 H++2 e− −0.699 iron(II) ion Fe2+→Fe3++e− −0.771 tyrosine C9H11O3N→C9H11O3N.++e− −0.930 4-aminophenol HOC6H4NH2→HOC6H4NH2.++e− −1.062 triethylamine (CH3CH2)3N→(CH3CH2)3N.++e− −1.079 citric acid C6H8O7→CH3COCH3+3 CO2+2 H++2 e− −1.100 glycine C2H5O2N→C2H5O2N.++e− −1.112 4-bromoaniline C6H6BrN→C6H6BrN.++e− −1.122 indole C8H7N→C8H7N.++e− −1.129 1,4-phenylenediamine C6H8N2→C6H8N22++2 e− −1.160 aniline C6H5NH2→C6H5NH2.++e− −1.183 sodium citrate C6H5O73−+2 H2O→3 CH2O+3 CO2+3 H++6 e− −1.271 tryptophan C11H12O2N2→C11H12O2N22++2 e− −1.283 3-indolepropionic acid C11H11O2N→C11H11O2N.++e− −1.308 3-amino-1-propanol HO(CH2)3NH2→HO(CH2)3NH2.++e− −1.589 1-methylindole C9H9N→C9H9N.++e− −1.641 N,N-dimethylformamide HOCN(CH3)2+H2O→HOOCN(CH3)2+2 H++2 e− −1.655 cerium(III) ion Ce3+→Ce4++e− −1.720 pyridine C5H5N→C5H5N.++e− −1.980