Organic electroluminescent device

1. An organic electroluminescent device comprising:

a pair of electrodes; and

at least one organic compound layer between the pair of electrodes, the at least one organic compound layer including a light emitting layer,

wherein the light emitting layer contains at least one host material and at least one luminescent material, wherein the luminescent material is a phosphorescent material that is an iridium complex, a platinum complex, a rhenium complex, a ruthenium complex, a palladium complex or a rhodium complex and the host material is a metal complex containing a metal in groups 4 to 11 of a Periodic Table and the host material is present in the light emitting layer in an amount of 50 to 99.9% by weight;

wherein the host material is a compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the formula (II), a compound represented by the formula (III), a compound represented by the formula (IV), a compound represented by the formula (V), and a compound represented by the formula (VI):

wherein Q 21 , Q 41 , and Q 61 each independently represent an atomic group necessary to form a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring; Z 21 , Z 31 , z 41 , Z 51 , and Z 61 each independently represent a linking group; M 21 , M 31 , M 41 , M 51 , and M 61 each independently represent an ion of a metal in groups 4 to 11 of a Periodic Table; L 21 , L 31 , L 41 , L 51 , and L 61 each independently represent a ligand; R 21 , R 32 , and R 52 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent; X 41 , X 51 , and X 61 each independently represent a substituted carbon atom or a substituted nitrogen atom; n 21 , n 31 , n 41 , n 51 , and n 61 each independently represent an integer of 0 to 2; m 21 , mm 31 , m 41 , m 51 , and m 61 each independently represent an integer of 1 to 4; and m 22 , m 32 , m 42 , m 52 , and m 62 each independently represent integer of 0 to 6.

2. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 1 , wherein the metal of the metal complex for the host material is selected from the group consisting of titanium, iron, manganese, nickel, copper, zirconium, molybdenum, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, silver, tungsten, rhenium, osmium, iridium, platinum and gold as a center metal.

3. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 2 , wherein the host material and the phosphorescent material have a T 1 , value of 60 kcal/mol or higher, and the phosphorescent material emits phosphorescence having a peak wavelength of 550 nm or shorter.

4. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one organic compound layer is at least three organic compound layers including a hole transporting layer, a light emitting layer, and an electron transporting layer, and the electron transporting layer contains a compound having an IP value of 5.9 eV or higher.

5. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 1 , wherein the metal of the metal complex of the host material is selected from the group consisting of rhodium, palladium, rhenium, iridium, and platinum as a center metal.

6. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 1 , wherein the metal of the metal complex of the host material is selected from the group consisting of rhodium and palladium as a center metal.

7. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 1 , wherein the host material and the phosphorescent material have a T 1 value of 60 kcal/mol or higher, and the phosphorescent compound emits phosphorescence having a peak wavelength of 550 nm or shorter.

8. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one organic compound layer is at least three organic compound layers including a hole transporting layer, a light emitting layer, and an electron transporting layer, and the electron transporting layer contains a compound having an IP value of 5.9 eV or higher.

9. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 1 , wherein the light emitting layer is free from a fluorescent compound, and the phosphorescent material substantially emits light.