A light-emitting material is represented by the following general formula [1]: ##STR00001## useful as an emissive layer of organic electroluminescent device (OELD). The chemical structure L is selected from a group consisting of the chemical structures AA, BB, AB, and the combination thereof. The chemical structures A and B are respectively represented by the following general formulas [2] and [3]: ##STR00002## The chemical structure X is selected from the group 4A to 6A elements of the periodic table. The chemical structure B is an aromatic hydrocarbon having n benzenes, wherein n is an integer of 1 to 8.