Europium complex is a promising candidate for organic electroluminescent (EL) material due to its sharp emission band. Several diketone ligands bearing different substituents (substituents¡×CH3, Ph, CF3, thiophene) as well as phenanthroline and its derivatives (substituents¡×CH3, Ph, NO2) were used to synthesize our target series of Europium complexes. The complexes were identified by means of NMR, EA, MS, and single-crystal X-ray analysis. We report here the structural influence on photoluminescence (PL), UV-Vis and thermal properties of these Eu complexes. Within the series, Eu(TTFA)3(Bath) showed the highest fluorescence in THF solution. A efficient red electroluminescence (sharp emission at 616 nm) was obtained in the organic electroluminescent device using Eu(TTFA)3(Bath) doped into CBP. The external quantum efficiency and maximum luminance of the device were 1.022¢M and 1295 cd/m2, respectively.