I' m no scientist .. but I did take a few biology and chemistry classes in college, plus I am an American so I have something to say.
In the article it is quoted
The manufacturing process consists of two phases: carbonization and activation. The carbonization process includes drying and then heating to separate by-products, including tars and other hydrocarbons, from the raw material, as well as to drive off any gases generated. Heating the material at 400–600°C (752-1472°F) in an oxygen-deficient atmosphere that cannot support combustion completes the carbonization process
Now I just love people who take a little part of the whole picture and then claim they have the whole answer. In the article it rightly claims that we as hunters wear these carbon infused suits to " absorb" .. which is technically wrong as we wear them to " adsorb" .. there is a huge difference chemically speaking .. VOC' s or Volatile Organic Chemicals.
Now my point .. WHY would it take the same tempature, " 1472 degrees F" , " which seperates by-products, including tars and other hydrocarbons from the raw material" to simply release the VOC' s that the carbon suits adsorb from the human body? Are you telling me that you have to take steel to 2500 degrees F to clean it .. NO! There was a reason they initially heated the raw prodoct to 1472 degrees .. and that was to MAKE activated carbon. Does anyone really think anything the body is releasing in the form of perspiration through pores in the skin is going to require the same heat intensity as seperating carbon from tar and other material when it is broken down from coconut shells, coal or wood? The whole throw your suit in the dryer to reactivate it is not to " reactivate" activated carbon .. it is to heat the VOC' s adsorbed by that carbon to the point where they become vapor again and are released into the dryer and out the little flap on the back of your house into your yard.
The reason this is possible is because your suit does NOT act like a sponge as the article stated .. when you think sponge you think of liquid being absorbed into the sponge till it reaches it' s saturation point .. adsorbtion is more like spilling a glass of water onto your floor .. it spreads out and forms a large pool on the floor .. activated carbon is like your linoleum floor, it just has LOTS more little dimples and pits that let the water flow into. You don' t have to melt your floor to dry and clean it either!
Like I said ... I' m no rocket scientist ... but I' m also no dumba$$. I know my " carbon suit" works .. not perfectly of course, but it helps. If scent control is something that is important to you and you can afford it they are to be considered. Saying they don' t work at all is just plain wrong.