This invention provides a polycyclic aromatic compound, an organic electroluminescent element, a
display device, a lighting device, a
wavelength conversion material, an organic
photodiode, and a
solar cell material that can be effectively used as a material for organic EL elements and other
organic devices. The polycyclic aromatic compound represented by formula (I) enables the manufacture of high-efficiency and long-life organic EL elements; rings A, B, D, E, and F are
aryl or heteroaryl rings, at least one of which has a cyano group as a
substituent, and Z... 0 Let C(-H) = , Y be B, X 1 ~X 4 For >N-R NX >O or >S, R NX For unsubstituted
aryl, where X 1 and X 2 It is R NX The N-R of the basis represented by equation (Ar) NX , or X 1 and X 3 or X 2 and X 4 They are R NX N-R of
mesitylene NX G represents a substituted or unsubstituted
aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted
alkyl group, etc.