An organic electroluminescent device 1 including: an anode 12, a cathode
14 and an organic emitting layer 13 held therebetween, the organic
emitting layer 13 containing one or more host materials, a hole trapping
dopant and an electron trapping dopant. The lifetime of an organic EL
device 1 can be improved by causing a hole-trapping dopant and an
electron-trapping dopant to be together present in its organic emitting
layer.