Organische elektrolumineszente Vorrichtung

An organic electroluminescent (EL) device comprising at least one luminescent layer, constituted from an organic compound, between a cathode electrode and an anode electrode, the EL device further comprising an organic layer adjacent to the cathode electrode, in which the organic layer is constituted from a mixed layer of an electron-transporting organic compound and an organic metal complex compound containing at least one of alkali metal ions, alkali earth metal ions and rare earth metal ions, and the cathode electrode is constituted from a metal capable of reducing the metal ion(s) in the complex compound, in a vacuum, to the corresponding metal. The cathode electrode can be formed from a low cost and stable metal material which is conventionally used as the wiring material in the production of EL devices. The EL device ensures a diminished energy barrier in an electron injection from the cathode electrode into the luminescent layer, a lowered driving voltage, and a high efficiency and luminescence.