* Corresponding authors

^a School of Chemical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia
E-mail: jimmynelson@usm.my

^b S.G.G.S Khalsa College, Mahilpur, Punjab, India

^c Nanotechnology & Catalysis Research Centre (NANOCAT), Level 3 Block A, Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

^d Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry Umaru Musa Yaradua University, Katsina, Nigeria

^e Department of Chemistry, College of Science and Humanities, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 173, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia

^f Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia

^g Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia