Luminescent tetrakis(phenyl)porphyrin car bonyl ruthenium ( II ) (RuTPPCO) complex was employed as a doped emitting material to fabricate red organic electroluminescent (EL) devices. The EL device structure was [ITO/copper phthalocyanine (Cu-Pc) (15.0 nm)/N,N′-di(αnaphthyl)-N,N′-diphenyl-(1,1′-biphenyl)-4, 4′-diamine (NPB) (60.0 nm)/tris(8-hydroxyquinolinato)aluminum (Alq3):RuTPPCO (50.0 nm)/LiF (1.0 nm)/Al (200.0 nm)]. The codeposited films of AIq3:RuTPPCO were utilized as the emitting layer to construct EL devices. Experimental results showed that energy transfer from Alq3 to RuTPPCO occurred in the codeposited films. The EL property of the codeposited AIq3:RuTPPCO films with different RuTPPCO concentrations was described. For the EL device with the RuTPPCO concentration of 15% by weight, deep red electroluminescence at 656 nm with the maximum EL efficiency of 0.32 cd/A was achieved.