Solar Photovoltaics R&D at the Tipping Point: A 2005 Technology Overview

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The dynamics of solar PV costs and prices as a challenge for technology forecasting (2013, background): “production of less pure ‘solar grade' silicon) [28,32,33,35].”
Ultrathin silicon solar microcells for semitransparent, mechanically flexible and microconcentrator module designs. (2008, background): “The results presented here contribute to this progress by introducing practical means to create and manipulate monocrystalline Si solar cells that are much thinner (down to ∼100 nm, or limited only by junction depth) and smaller (down to a few micrometres) than those possible with other process tech”
Solar photovoltaic electricity: Current status and future prospects (2011, background): “The present is considered as the “tipping point” for PV (Kazmerski, 2006).”
Evaluating the causes of cost reduction in photovoltaic modules (2018, unknown): “Using this relationship as an explanatory or predictive tool, studies have estimated the rates of performance improvement for a range of technologies (Grubler et al., 1999; Koh and Magee, 2008; Nagy et al., 2013; Rubin et al., 2015; Zheng and Kammen, 2014).”