* Corresponding authors

^a Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
E-mail: Jingli.Luo@ualberta.ca

^b National Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols-Ethers-Esters, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
E-mail: jhli@xmu.edu.cn

^c Department of Chemistry and Applied Chemistry, University of Changji, Changji, China

^d Canmet MATERIALS, Natural Resources Canada, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada