Rare-earth complexes present extremely sharp line emission making possible to use them in organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs) technology. This dissertation reports the study of three europium tetrakis beta-diketonate complexes: Li[Eu(dbm)(4)].(4)H(2)O, TMPip[Eu(dbm)(4)] and Morf[Eu(dbm)(4)]. UV-Vis absorption, photoluminescence (PL) and cyclic voltammetry measurements were used to characterize the complexes, at room temperature. The PL spectra displayed the characteristic europium narrow bands from (5)D(0)→(7)F(0-3) transitions and exhibited red color emission, without a contribution from ligand emission. However, a comparison between thin films spectra and powder spectra suggested probable changes in the TMPip[Eu(dbm)(4)] e Morf[Eu(dbm)(4)] complexes composition. One possibility is that the thermal deposition is causing degradation, breaking the tetrakis structure into tris beta-diketonate complexes. This hypothesis was investigated using TGA technique associated with FTIR analysis of chemical species. Europium complexes based OLEDs produced by thermal evaporation and using different device configuration were characterized by electroluminescence (EL) measurements. Bilayer OLEDs fabricated with a europium complex acting simultaneously as the emissive layer and as the electron transporting layer showed the bands from Eu(3+) transitions in the EL spectra. Another configuration was used to increase the device efficiency, adding a hole-blocking layer and an electron transporting layer. This new architecture improved the OLEDs performance, enabling the electroluminescence to be visible with the naked eye. On the other hand, it caused the appearance of a wide emission band centered at 480nm. A study performed about the source of this emission band showed that it was originated by the hole-blocking layer.