| abstract |
[It is an object] to provide an organic electroluminescent element with which the initial durability of the element can be greatly improved while maintaining the efficiency of the element at a high level. This is an organic electroluminescent element having an anode, a hole injection layer, a first hole transport layer, a second hole transport layer, a light-emitting layer, and a cathode, in this order, with this organic electroluminescent element being such that the aforementioned hole injection layer includes a material for which the energy of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) is less than −4.0 eV and also such that the energy E 1 (LUMO) of the LUMO of the material included in the aforementioned first hole transport layer and the energy E 2 (LUMO) of the LUMO of the material included in the aforementioned second hole transport layer satisfy [the inequality] E 1 (LUMO)>E 2 (LUMO). |