| abstract |
Provided is an organic electroluminescent (EL) element which exhibits improved light emission efficiency and ensures sufficient drive stability and which has a simple configuration. An organic EL element obtained by laminating an anode, multiple organic layers and a cathode on a substrate, wherein a carbazole compound represented by general formula (1) is contained in the light-emitting layer, the hole transport layer, and/or the electron-blocking layer. In general formula (1), L is an m-valent, aromatic hydrocarbon or aromatic heterocyclic group; R is hydrogen, alkyl, or cycloalkyl; m is an integer of 1 to 3; and n is an integer of 1 to 4, with the provisos that at least one of the n symbols is an integer of 2 to 4 and that at least one bonding structure represented by formula (1a) is present in the general formula. |