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Liquidity and Continued Operations (Details) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Apr. 16, 2014
Apr. 30, 2014
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Feb. 19, 2015
Nov. 14, 2014
Dec. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule of Liquidity and Continued Operations [Line Items]                  
Cash and investments     $ 200,000us-gaap_InvestmentsAndCash            
Restricted cash and cash equivalents     28,000,000us-gaap_RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalents            
Working capital     18,300,000asti_WorkingCapital            
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)     $ 0.0001us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare         $ 0.0001us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare  
Net cash (used in) operating activities     (5,442,365)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities (6,504,594)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities          
Notes payable     6,000,000us-gaap_NotesPayable            
Notes payable, repayments of principal and interest in remainder of fiscal year     600,000asti_NotesPayableRepaymentsofPrincipalandInterestinRemainderoftheFiscalYear            
Estimated litigation liability     1,300,000us-gaap_LitigationReserve           1,700,000us-gaap_LitigationReserve
Litigation settlement, payment period 40 months 40 months              
Private Placement [Member]                  
Schedule of Liquidity and Continued Operations [Line Items]                  
Proceeds from issuance of private placement         2,500,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfPrivatePlacement
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_PrivatePlacementMember
       
Private Placement [Member] | Series D-1 Preferred Stock [Member]                  
Schedule of Liquidity and Continued Operations [Line Items]                  
Issuance of common stock (in shares)         2,500us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= asti_SeriesD1PreferredStockMember
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_PrivatePlacementMember
       
Proceeds from issuance of stock         2,500,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueNewIssues
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= asti_SeriesD1PreferredStockMember
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_PrivatePlacementMember
       
Private Placement [Member] | Series D Preferred Stock [Member]                  
Schedule of Liquidity and Continued Operations [Line Items]                  
Issuance of common stock (in shares)           3,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_SeriesDPreferredStockMember
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_PrivatePlacementMember
     
Proceeds from issuance of stock           3,000,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueNewIssues
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_SeriesDPreferredStockMember
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_PrivatePlacementMember
     
Private Placement [Member] | Common Stock [Member]                  
Schedule of Liquidity and Continued Operations [Line Items]                  
Number of securities called by warrants           7,777,778us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightNumberOfSecuritiesCalledByWarrantsOrRights
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_CommonStockMember
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_PrivatePlacementMember
     
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)     $ 0.0001us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_CommonStockMember
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_PrivatePlacementMember
           
Convertible Debt [Member] | Private Placement [Member]                  
Schedule of Liquidity and Continued Operations [Line Items]                  
Issuance of common stock (in shares)     583,964us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ConvertibleDebtMember
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_PrivatePlacementMember
           
Proceeds from issuance of convertible debt           32,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSecuredDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ConvertibleDebtMember
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_PrivatePlacementMember
     
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | Private Placement [Member]                  
Schedule of Liquidity and Continued Operations [Line Items]                  
Expected proceeds from restricted control accounts             $ 18,000,000asti_ProceedsFromRestrictedControlAccounts
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_ScenarioForecastMember
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_PrivatePlacementMember