* Corresponding authors

^a Center for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar
E-mail: bakr@qu.edu.qa

^b Gas Processing Center (GPC), College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar
E-mail: kamel.eid@qu.edu.qa

^c Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Department, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
E-mail: rashidh@squ.edu.om

^d Molecular Sciences Institute, School of Chemistry, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, PO Wits, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa
E-mail: Kenneth.ozoemena@wits.ac.za