Energous Corporation Quarterly report pursuant to sections 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to sections 13 or 15(d)

Private Placement (Details Textual)

Private Placement (Details Textual) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended	17 Months Ended
Private Placement (Details Textual) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014
Private Placement [Line Items]
Securities Purchase Agreement Initiation Date			May 16, 2013
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 5,500,009			$ 5,500,009
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	4,133,540	0
Proceeds from Convertible Debt	0	0		5,500,009
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium), Net, Total	5,376,000			5,376,000
Amortization of Debt Discount (Premium)	920,739	0		1,626,028
Consulting Agreement Initiation Date		Jan. 23, 2013
Fair Value Adjustment of Warrants	0	0		724,000
IPO [Member]
Private Placement [Line Items]
Share Price	$ 6.00			$ 6.00
Financing Warrant [Member]
Private Placement [Line Items]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	152,778	0
Payments for Fees		538,393
Sale Of Warrants In Cash		1,000
Warrants Term			5 years
Warrants Aggregate Exercise Price			550,000
Percentage Exercise Price Of Warrants Determined Based On Conversion Price Of Convertible Notes	120.00%
Warrants Exercisable To Purchase Common Stock, Shares	152,778			152,778
Investment Warrants, Exercise Price	$ 3.60
Percentage Of Warrants Exercise Based On Convertible Notes Conversion Price	120.00%
Fair Value Adjustment of Warrants			186,500
Share Price	$ 14.75		$ 1.68	$ 14.75
Consulting Warrant [Member]
Private Placement [Line Items]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	278,228	0
Sale Of Warrants In Cash		1,500
Warrants Term			5 years
Investment Warrants, Exercise Price			$ 0.04
Warrants Issued To Purchase Common Stock, Shares		278,228
Fair Value Adjustment of Warrants			537,500
Share Price	$ 14.75		$ 1.68	$ 14.75
Financing And Consulting Warrant [Member]
Private Placement [Line Items]
Increase (Decrease) in Derivative Liabilities	5,105,000
Convertible Notes Principal [Member]
Private Placement [Line Items]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	1,833,336	0
Convertible Notes Accrued Interest [Member]
Private Placement [Line Items]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	95,233	0
Maximum [Member]
Private Placement [Line Items]
Share Price	$ 6.00			$ 6.00
Minimum [Member]
Private Placement [Line Items]
Share Price	$ 2.49			$ 2.49
Convertible Notes Payable [Member]
Private Placement [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount			5,500,009
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage			6.00%
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date			Aug. 16, 2014
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Price	$ 3.00		$ 2.07	$ 3.00
Debt Instrument Interest Rate, Event Of Default			12.00%
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Terms of Conversion Feature			The Convertible Notes are required to be converted upon the IPO, if any, in which case the conversion price is to be equal to 50% of the price to the public in such offering (but not more than $4.15 or less than $2.07 per share)
Interest Payable, Current	285,699		207,945	285,699
Embedded Derivative, Fair Value of Embedded Derivative Liability			5,376,000
Proceeds from Convertible Debt			5,500,009
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium), Net, Total			5,376,000
Amortization of Debt Discount (Premium)	920,739	0		1,626,028
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Remaining Discount Amortization Period	4 months 24 days
Increase (Decrease) in Derivative Liabilities	$ 22,886,000	$ 0		$ 23,083,000
Share Price	$ 14.75		$ 1.68	$ 14.75
Convertible Notes Payable [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Private Placement [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Price			$ 4.15
Convertible Notes Payable [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Private Placement [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Price			$ 2.07