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Equity Offerings (Details Narrative) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended
Equity Offerings (Details Narrative) - USD ($)	Jun. 07, 2019	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2021
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]
Sales of agreement amount		$ 161,079,765		$ 163,392,550
Equity Offering Sales Agreement [Member] \| Cantor Fitzgerald And Co [Member]
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]
Share issued for aggregate, shares		99,588	1,514,829
Gross proceeds from sale of common stock		$ 2,312,785	$ 8,782,017
Proceed from offering		$ 2,149,701	$ 8,518,557
2019 Purchase Agreement [Member] \| Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC [Member]
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]
Share issued for aggregate, shares			3,402,930
Total number of shares obligated to purchase	$ 50,000,000
Proceeds from Issuance or Sale of Equity	$ 50,000,000
Pro rata basic number of shares obligated to purchase	162,191
Additional common shares			3,346,288
Number of shares issued for aggregate purchase price, value			$ 17,461,402
Number of shares issued for commitment			56,642