Hi I included about a dozen references at the end of my post for overall material on this topic. I specifically chose these ones as they are very readable. My favourite paper is defintiely the first one, "A comparison of popular point configurations on S2". It is very comprehensive in breadth as well as historical developments and includes copious references.

One of my other references is "Distributing many points on a sphere" as it is written by E.B. Saff who is basically a legend in this field. Hope that helps! Martin