The invention relates to iridium complexes having novel main ligands and taking tetraphenylphosphonium imide as an auxiliary ligand. The main ligands in the series of iridium complex molecules are (R-)4-piperidine-2-phenylpyridine or (S-)4-piperidine-2-phenylpyridine derivatives containing chiral phenylpyridine groups. Compared with an iridium complex which is widely researched and reported, the novel iridium complex covered by the invention has the advantages of high light-emitting efficiency, small luminescent quenching effect caused by concentration factors, high electronic mobility, stable chemical properties, easiness for sublimation and purification, and the like; in addition, the device is excellent in performance. By modifying a molecular structure of the main ligand, the luminous intensity and efficiency of the complex can be adjusted within a wavelength range of visible light, which provides convenience for design and production of an organic light emitting diode display and an illuminating light source. Meanwhile, the series of novel iridium complexes introduced in the invention are simple in synthesis method, higher in yield and flexible in chemical modification aiming at the ligands.