The Alq3 is one of the most important organic semiconductors used as electron transporting and emitting material in organic electroluminescent devices (OLEDs). This work presents the investigation of the optical, electrochemical, electrical and morphological properties of three complexes based in ions of rare earth (RE) coordinated to 8-hydroxyquinoline (q), Li[RE(q)4] (RE equal La3more, Y3more and Lu3more). The UV-Vis absorption spectrum present the maximum absorption at: 382nm for Y3more/La3more complexes and 388nm for the Lu3more complex. The photoluminescence spectra of the complexes correspond to the emission of the (q) and does no exhibit characteristic lines of the rare earths ions. The thermal analysis data indicate that the complexes are thermally stable until 325 Celsius degrees and that showed H2O molecules absorbed from the atmosphere. The fabricated and characterized OLEDs in this work were of two types: bilayer and multilayer.A1)ITO/NPB(25nm)/Li[TR(q)4](40nm)/Al(120nm);A2)ITO/NPB(25nm)/[Eu(DBM)3phen](20nm)/BCP(10nm)/Li[TR(q)4](20nm)/Al(120nm). The bilayer OLEDs showed, in their electroluminescence spectra, the emission bands of the (q) between 520 until 540nm. The multilayer OLEDs were fabricated to test the efficiency of the complexes Li[TR(q)4] as transport layers. This work showed an interesting dependence between the EL emission peak and the ionic radius of the of RE ions. The OLEDs based on the Li[RE(q)4] complexes presented good characteristics when compared to the OLEDs based on Alq3, showing as promising compounds to the organic devices development.