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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Will I generate more power if I focus sunlight with a magnifying glass onto a solar panel?
gpt
If your magnifying glass is bigger than your solar panel you will get more power. The lens would collect over a larger area than what the panel is able to do on its own.

However there is a couple of things to consider. First the solar panels efficiency drops with temperature. So usually a 2m^2 panel would produce more power than a 2m^2 lens focusing light on a smaller panel. Moreover panels have a maximum operating temperature before the semi-conductor stops to work.