Considering panels can withstand the high levels of heat and energy. Does this have any affect on the time required to charge?
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Solar panels collect light and use it to knock electrons out of place, giving them energy that we carry away as electricity. If you make a solar panel bigger, it will collect more light because it has a larger area for light to hit.
Think of it like a window, the bigger window, the more the room lights up.
If you put a giant magnifying glass in front of the solar panel, if it’s smaller than. The already existing solar panel, it won’t really help. It would have to be bigger than the solar panel by condensing the light down into a smaller area that fits within the footprint of the solar panel. If you condense the light too much, it can actually damage the solar panel. It means you also have to clean both sides of the lens while also cleaning the solar panel to make sure it can still let light through. The glass wpuld also block some light that would otherwise be allowed to create energy. For all intents and purposes, it’s not worth it. Just make larger solar panels.
There is another type of solar farm that essentially does what you are talking about called a thermal solar farm. Basically, you have a bunch of mirrors on the ground pointed at a central column filled with water. That water evaporates in the redirected sunlight, causing it to boil, and that steam tur s a turbine to create energy.
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