| abstract |
An object of the present invention is to provide an organic electroluminescent element, which has a light emitting efficiency improved by suppressing the deterioration of storage property under a high temperature-high humidity atmosphere due to the recess-projection state of a surface of a gas barrier layer or a light scattering layer, or the like that is in contact with a light emitting unit, and by suppressing the occurrence of a short-circuit. The organic electroluminescent elements 100 and 400 in the present invention are each characterized by including a film substrate 4 , and at least, a gas barrier layer 5 , a smooth layer 1 , and a light emitting unit 3 that is sandwiched between a pair of electrodes 2, 6 and has an organic functional layer, which are stacked in this order on the film substrate, wherein the gas barrier layer 5 is constituted by at least two kinds of gas barrier layers 5 that are different from each other in the composition or distribution state of the constitutional elements. |