Magnetic field effects on electron-hole recombination in disordered organic semiconductors

Characteristic properties of magnetic field effects (MFEs) on a spin-selective geminate and a bulk electron-hole polaron pair (PP) recombination are analyzed in detail within the approach based on the stochastic Liouville equation. Simple expressions for the magnetic field (B) dependence of recombination yield $Y(B)$ and rate $K(B)$ are derived within two models of relative PP motion: free diffusion and diffusion in the presence of a potential well (cage). The spin evolution of PPs is described, taking in account the relaxation, induced by hyperfine interaction, the anisotropic part of the Zeeman interaction induced, as well as the Δg mechanism. A large variety of B dependences of $Y(B)$ and $K(B)$ is obtained with the change of relative weights of the above-mentioned mechanisms. The proposed general method and derived particular formulas are shown to be quite useful for the analysis of recent experimental results.