The hydrogen storage capacity of alkali metal ion decorated boric acid (BA) based bowl, sheet and ball structures have been investigated using B3LYP method employing 6-31+G** basis set. The maximum gravimetric density has been observed for the bowl shaped clusters. These values for Li(+), Na(+) and K(+) decorated clusters are 8.3, 8.8 and 7.8 wt.%, respectively. The range of the calculated binding energy per H(2) molecule (BE/H2) for Li+, Na(+) and K(+) decorated bowl shaped clusters are 2.57-3.59, 1.88-2.11 and 0.76-1.00 kcal/mol, respectively. The same for the sheet clusters are 3.18-3.73, 1.68-2.40 and 0.73-0.97 kcal/mol, respectively. Similarly, BE/H(2) of Na(+) decorated ball clusters ranges from 1.88 kcal/mol to 2.62 kcal/mol. It has been shown in earlier studies that the BE/H(2) should be in between the physisorption and chemisorption limits for realizing the practical applications of different class of materials. In this context, both BE/H(2) and gravimetric density of Na(+) decorated clusters indicate that these systems have appropriate properties. Hence Na(+) decorated (BA)(n), structures are suitable for hydrogen storage applications. Copyright (C) 2010, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.