Cross-linkable copper complexes comprising a copper phthalocyanine core and one or more cross-linkable functionalities linked to the phthalocyanine core. The copper complex may have a spacer group with the one or more cross-linkable functionalities on the spacer group. The spacer group contains a chain or one or more aryl groups. These cross-linkable copper complexes may be used in making organic electronic devices, such as OLEDs, by solution processing techniques.