Novel red phosphorescent iridium complex with two phenyl-isoquinoline ligands and one 2-acetyl-cyclopentanone ligand (IR-PIQCP) was designed and synthesized. The electroluminescent (EL) characteristics of IR-PIQCP were evaluated in the EL device. The three kinds of EL devices were fabricated by the vacuum deposition method, and the layer-structures of the devices were ITO/NPD/IR-PIQCP (5%), IR-PIQCP (10%) or IR-BTPAC (10%) in CBP/Balq/Alq/LiF/Al. Emission characteristics of the IR-PIQCP (5%) and IR-PIQCP (10%) devices were about 570 cd/m(2) and 550 cd/m(2) at 11 mA/cm(2) at the same current density respectively. The EL spectra of the IR-PIQCP (5%) and IR-PIQCP (10%) devices were detected at about 627 nm and 629 nm as the maximum peak with red phosphorescence.