**Acknowledgements**

The authors acknowledge the Brazilian funding agencies CAPES, CNPq and FUNDECT for financial and fellowship support. F.H.Q. is associated with NAP-PhotoTech, the USP Research Consortium for Photochemical Technology, and INCT-Catalysis. A.M.Jr. is associated with NAP-PhotoTech and INCT-EMA.

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